Former Mayor Diarangan Dipatuan and Treasurer Rasad Dumarpa of Bacolod-Kalawi, Lanao Del Sur, are set to face trial before the Sandiganbayan for one count of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019) and 12 counts of violation of Section 6(b) of the GSIS Act (Republic Act No. 8291).
Complainant Habib Tarosan narrated that in December 2015, he went to the GSIS office in Iligan city to secure a record of his contributions. Based on the records, his supposed contributions were under-remitted. Instead of declaring his actual salary, respondents under declared his salary resulting into lower monthly premium contributions. Based on the record of 2012 remittances, his declared salary was only P14,179.00 per month instead of his actual received salary of P20,367.00 per month.
“As a result, the monthly premium computed was lower because of the incorrect salary factor. This only proves that there was a failure, refusal, or delay in the payment, turnover, remittance or delivery of the correct premium contributions to the GSIS using the formula provided in the GSIS Act,” stated the Ombudsman.
According to the Ombudsman, respondents “are the accountable officers for the collection and remittance of the correct premiums to the GSIS. Clearly, they must be held liable for the manifest under-remittance of complainant’s GSIS contributions for January to December 2012.” ###