Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary for Operations Mario Relampagos has been placed on a 90-day suspension pending trial (pendente lite) by the Sandiganbayan for his alleged involvement in the multi-million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam of former Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives party-list Representative Edgar Valdez.
suspended were DBM officials Rosario Nuñez, Lalaine Paule and Marilou Bare; Technology Resource Center (TRC) officials Marivic Jover and Consuelo Lilian Espitritu; ZNAC Rubber Estate Corporation officials Salvador Salacup and Eduardo Nolasco; National Agri-Business Corporation officials Romulo Relevo and Maria Ninez Guañizo; and National Livelihood Development Corporation officials – Gondelina Amata, Gregoria Buenaventura, Chita Jalandoni, Sofia Cruz, and Ofelia Ordoñez.