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OVP thanks Lachica for service amid reassignment over confidential fund issue
Colonel Raymund Dante Lachica has been removed as commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Security and Protection Group (ASPG) due to alleged misuse of confidential funds.
He has been reassigned to the Philippine Army, confirmed by the AFP.
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Israel Eleosida is the acting commander of the AFPSPG.
Plunder charges have been recommended against Lachica and retired Maj. Gen. Nolasco Mempin before the Ombudsman for allegedly amassing at least P50 million in public funds.
These charges are related to the alleged 11-day spending spree of P125 million in confidential funds allocated to the Office of the Vice President in December 2022.
Gina Acosta, OVP special disbursing officer, claimed that VP Sara Duterte personally approved the release of these funds to Lachica in 2022.
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