THE Office of the Ombudsman urged the Sandiganbayan to not to grant bail to a former Cebu lawmaker accused of transferring her “pork barrel” to the Girl Scouts of the Philippines for her personal use.

Former Rep. Clavel Martinez, along with former mayor Celestino Martinez 3rd, municipal treasurer Rhett Minguez, municipal accountant Cresencio Verdida, bookkeeper Rhodariza Kilantang, Girl Scouts cashier Julieta Quino, and former Girl Scouts treasurer Maria Cielo Martinez, is facing graft and malversation charges for reportedly diverting the P11.5-million cash grant for the Girl Scouts’ anti-drug campaign. Reports from the Ombudsman showed that from September to October 2003, the respondents connived in misappropriating the cash grant for Martinez’s personal use.

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