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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA
OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN

XXXXXXX
Complainants,

ADM. CASE NO.

-versus-

YYYYYYY
Respondent.
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ANSWER

The respondent, unto the Honorable Sangguniang Bayan, by way of Answer to the

Complaint, most respectfully avers:

1. Paragraph 1 of the Complaint is admitted;

2. Paragraph 2 is admitted;

3. Paragraph 3 is specifically denied the truth of the matter being that the

respondent never sold the said bicycles to any person. From the moment that those

bicycles were acquired, they were used by the Barangay Tanods and after their work, they

were being delivered back for security reasons in the house of the respondent. However,

by reason of wear and tear, one was already destroyed. What was sold by the respondent

herein was his personal bicycle, a copy of the Affidavit of the person to whom it was sold

is attached as Annex “A” hereof;

4. Paragraph 4 is specifically denied the truth of the matter being that respondent

never falsified any resolution;

5. Paragraph 5 is denied the truth of the matter being that the 40 pcs GI pipes were

used in Purok Ipil-ipil going towards the Munguia Elementary School;

6. Paragraph 6 is denied for having no sufficient knowledge to form a belief as to

the truth thereof;

7. Paragraph 7 as to the averment that respondent falsified a Resolution forging

the signature of the Barangay Secretary and attaching therein a Detailed Estimate is
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denied the truth of the matter being that the said allegation is a mere product of

imagination just to harass me;

8. Paragraph 8 is sepecifically denied the truth of the matter being that respondent

never forged such Resolution or forged the signature of the Brgy. Secretary; It is the first

time that he saw the alleged Resolution in the Complaint;

9. Paragraph 9 is denied the same being a mere conclusion of law;

AND BY WAY OF SPECIAL AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES:

10. While the Complaint is denominated as “Dishonesty, Miscounduct in Office,

Abuse of Authority and Violation of RA 6713, 3019 and the Revised Penal Code With

Prayer for Prev. Suspension” , the Honorable Sangguniang Bayan does not have

jurisdiction over Violation of RA 6713, RA 3019 and provisions of the Revised Penal

Code, hence, the case pertaining to the same should be dismissed instantly;

11. The instant case should be dismissed considering that the same is a mere

harassment against the respondent considering that he was doing his best for the interest

of the barangay while the complainants are innately sloth, extremely lazy who like only

to stand still without doing anything except to look for and fabricate falsities to

aggrandize themselves;

12 That the prayer for Preventive Suspension should not be granted considering

that it does not appear that the respondent can have any influence against any of the

witnesses of the complainant or that he could have access to the documents connected in

the alleged offenses filed against him;

WHEREFORE PREMISES CONSIDERED, it is respectfully prayed that the

instant case be dismissed.