Batangas First District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste filed his reply affidavit in relation to the bribery case he filed against former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Batangas 1st District Engineer Abelardo Calalo.
Leviste filed his reply affidavit against Calalo with a supplemental complaint-affidavit against spouses Noche and a motion to implead and for the issuance of a subpoena before the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Batangas.
These filings include additional charges against Calalo and now include the owners of Top Tech Trading & Construction Co. Inc., the contractor of the DPWH projects listed on the piece of paper accompanying the cash brought by Calalo.
“What Engineer Calalo referred to as a ‘donation’ included a piece of paper that said the ₱3,126,900.00 cash was 3% of the ₱104,230,000.00 price of 3 contracts awarded by DPWH to TopTech Trading & Construction Co. Inc.,” Leviste said in a social media post. The filing of the court documents was held on Monday.
“This company is owned by Elrey Jose C. Noche and Marciana M. Noche, whom I have asked the Prosecutor to implead as additional respondents and to issue subpoenas requiring them to appear and submit their counter-affidavits,” he said.
