Cry "Dabusado"

"UNJUST DISMISSAL without due process and (based on) a biased decision from an unfair investigation."
So cried Jannette Tricia Pineda, a Capitol employee for 12 years and of late a member of the technical working group of the bids and awards committee, as she lodged charges before the Ombudsman against Gov. Eddie T. Panlilio, Provincial Administrator Vivian Dabu, et al for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019).
Pineda specifically slammed the Capitol couple for “abuse of authority, oppression, and grave misconduct” in violation of Section 3e of RA 3019 that proscribes public officials from "causing any undue injury to any party,
including the government...”
Pineda claimed she was charged on August 19 for serious “dishonesty and falsification of public documents” relative to canvass documents for procurement that she allegedly tampered and altered.
Before a probe committee headed by Dabu, Pineda alleged she was subjected to investigation without the benefit of counsel and was deprived of copies of the investigation report and the subpoenas for the witnesses.
“Ang nakakapagtaka nga po ay pirmado na nila (Dabu and Panlilio) iyung mga canvass sheets. Pero pinipilit pa rin nila na handwriting ko iyon kahit hindi," Pineda claimed.
On October 22, Panlilio issued a decision finding Pineda guilty as charged and ordered her dismissal from service.
Pineda said she sought advice from Civil Service Commission officials who told her Panlilio’s decision was not final and executory and that she can continue working at her post.
"Pero noon nga pong pumasok ako noong November 4 ay hinarass na ako ni Attorney Dabu at sabi niya ay 'O, bakit ka pa pumapasok? Hindi mo ba alam na dismissed ka na?'’” Pineda related. "This humiliated me so much at talagang iyak ako ng iyak. Hindi man nila pinakinggan na mayroon pa akong 15 days to file for a motion for reconsideration."
Furthered Pineda: “I feel like I have been totally stripped of my person and morale. I feel like I could no longer face other people, especially my officemates and I have been treated like a convicted criminal. No amount of money can compensate for the unfair, unreasonable and oppressive acts of (Panlilio, Dabu, et al).”
So what hath Dabu to say?
"I would not do that. In fact, I saw her in uniform with her ID on November 4 during the Israeli ambassador's visit. It was just after Luningning Vergara, her current superior, [who] sought my advice that I summoned them into my office to talk. The discussion was cordial and she was never scolded. We just reminded her of her dismissal." So was Dabu quoted in Sun-Star Pampanga.
“Unjust dismissal without due process.” Pineda’s cry is but the latest in a long list of cases of this nature against the Capitol couple.
Engineer Juanito Macatuno, unceremoniously yanked out of the provincial engineer’s office. Guess who took over his functions?
Provincial social welfare and development officer Luchie Gutierrez, charged before Dabu’s investigating body in absentia – she was on a mission in Japan, suspended and subsequently dismissed from service over expired noodles fed to schoolchildren and Panlilio himself.
The quarrymen of the Biyaya a Luluguran at Sisikapan (Balas), hailed by Panlilio himself as the heroes behind the tremendous increase in the quarry collections, dismissed unceremoniously after their alleged run-in with Dabu that sparked their protracted picket at the Capitol grounds.
“Unjust dismissal without due process.” In elementary terms, abuse of authority. In the Pampanga Capitol sense, DABUSADO.