ZAMBOANGA CITY — Police arrested a former Zamboanga del Norte town mayor for his alleged failure to liquidate government funds, an official said Tuesday.
Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, said Manuel Sulit, 64, the former mayor of La Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte, was arrested Monday for violation of the Revised Penal Code Article 218.
Galvez said Sulit was arrested in Barangay Poblacion, La Libertad town by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by the Sandiganbayan’s 7th Division, which recommended bail bond of PHP6,000.
Article 218 of the Revised Penal Code states: “Any public officer, whether in the service or separated therefrom by resignation or any other cause, who is required by law or regulation to render account to the Insular Auditor, or to a provincial auditor and who fails to do so for a period of two months after such accounts should be rendered, shall be punished by ‘prision correccional’ in its minimum period, or by a fine ranging from PHP200 to PHP6,000, or both.” (Teofilo Garcia, Jr/PNA)
