Kinasuhan ang Officer-in-Charge ng Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), kabilang ang isa pang opisyal nito ng paglabag sa Article 177 ng Revised Penal Code sa Office of the Ombudsman.
Ang mga kinasuhan ay sina Francisquiel O. Mancile, Assistant General Manager ng PPA at Acting Division Manager niyang si Sesenio B. Sereno III, dahil sa pagkakasala ng gross misconduct at condcut prejudicial to the service.
Batay sa reklamo ni Genardo P. Mancio, acting manager ng Ports Police Department ng PPA, noong July 25, 2022 nagpalabas ng Order no. 2022- 150 si Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista na nagsasaad ng “In the exigency and best interest of the service and pursuant to the powers and functions vested to the Department Secretary, in Book IV Chapter 2 of Execeutive Order No. 292, Mr. Francisquiel O. Mancile, Assistant General Manager is hereby designated as officer- in -charge (OIC) PPA.
Noong September 21 ay agad namang naglabas ng Special Order No. 602 si Mancile para sa mga reassignment at designation ng Port Police Personnel at kabilang si Mancio, Jr. na nailipat mula sa pagiging Acting Department Manager (Superintendent) Port Police department ay itinalaga bilang Station Manager A (Station Commander), PMO Masbate.
Pero ayon kay Mancio, bago ang pagpapalabas ng order si Mancile ay sinabihan na siya ng mga Human Resource Management Department at Legal Services Department na si Attys. Mark Palomar at Rigel Caabay, na wala itong awtorisayon na mag-isyu ng ganung kauutusan dahil siya ay nasa OIC status lang.
Bagamat alam naman ni Sereno na may iregularidad sa order ni Mancile ay agad itong nagsilbi bilang Acting Manager (Superiuntendent), Port Police Department, saad pa sa reklamo.
Sa ilalim ng Article 177 ng Revised Penal Code na nagsasaad ng “Usurpation of Authority of official functions. Any person who shall konwingliy and falsely represent himself to be an officer, agent or representative of any department or agenct pf the Philippine Govenrment or of any foreign government, or nwho, under pretense of official position, shal perform any act pertaining to any person in authority or public officer of the Phillippine government, or of any foreign government, or agency thereof, without being lawfully entitled to do so, sahlla suffer the penalty of prision corrcetional in its miminum and medium periods.
Dapat umanong panagutin sina Mancile at Sereno sa kasong administratibo, grave misconduct at conduct prejudicial to the service, dahil bagamat alam na nila na may iregularidad sa inilabas na order ay agad na ipinatupad ang pagtatalaga sa mga nabanggit na posisyon.
