OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio-Morales on Thursday ordered the dismissal from the service of Commission on Higher Education executive director Julito Vitriolo for grave misconduct, gross neglect of duty, incompetence and inefficiency, and violation of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees or Republic Act No. 6713.
She indicted Vitriolo for graft and ordered the filing of charges with the Sandiganbayan.
Vitriolo “acted with gross negligence for failing to heed the demand to investigate and stop the diploma mill, and for allowing the Pamantansan ng Lungsod ng Maynila to issue transcripts of record and diplomas based on a suspended education program,” the Ombudsman’s joint resolution read.
In 1996, PLM and the National College of Physical Education entered into a memorandum of agreement, wherein “NCPE would use the facility of PLM without compensation, but the PLM would select the faculty members for the agreed program and issue diplomas to the graduates.”