Valenzuela City Mayor Rexlon Gatchalian posted P90,000 bail on Friday for his provisional liberty in connection with the graft charges filed against him and several others for allegedly allowing Kentex Manufacturing Corp. to operate with “inadequate” fire safety measures.
Gatchalian, who is also facing charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicides and physical injuries at the Sandiganbayan's Second Division, maintained that the city did not do anything wrong since it only followed the memorandum circular issued by the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
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