The Office of the Ombudsman has found former National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Secretary Mehol Sadain and several others administratively liable for their alleged involvement in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel scam in 2012.
The Ombudsman found Sadain guilty of grave misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service and ordered his dismissal. The same penalty was meted on Michael Benjamin, former political affairs chief of Sen. Gregorio Honasan 2nd, and former NCMF executives former acting chief accountant Fedelina Aldanese (now acting director of the NCMF's Finance and Management Services), former Director III Galay Makalinggan, former Chief Sania Busran, former Acting Chief Aurora Aragon-Mabang, and former cashier Olga Galido.
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