Constantino "Tinnex" Galagnara Jaraula (born June 20, 1937) is a Filipino politician who served as

Mayor of Cagayan de Oro The mayor of Cagayan de Oro () is the head of the local government of the city who elected to three year terms. The Mayor is also the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. ...

from 2007 to 2010. He served as representative of

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during the 11th,

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, and 13th congresses. During the 11th Congress, Jaraula's first act was filing a resolution seeking to amend the

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through a constitutional convention. In 2003, during the 12th Congress, he was among the many congressmen that endorsed the unconstitutional impeachment complaint against then- Chief Justice

Hilario Davide Jr. Hilario Gelbolingo Davide Jr. (born December 20, 1935) is a Filipino lawyer, professor, diplomat, constitutionalist and former politician, who served as the 20th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and Permanent Representati ...

In the 13th Congress, he served as the chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments. The committee during his term approved a charter change bill and was passed by the

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however it was not taken up by the

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Controversy

In 2021, Jaraula was convicted by the

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alongside

Janet Lim-Napoles Janet Lim-Napoles (born Janet Luy Lim; January 15, 1964) is a Filipina businesswoman who is believed to have masterminded the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) Scam. She was convicted of plunder for her involvement in the PDAF Scam a ...

for graft and corruption in connection with the

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scandal. In 2024, he was again convicted by the Sandiganbayan for graft over his involvement in the

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in 2004. He was sentenced to suffer 6 to 10 years

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with perpetual disqualification from public office. The court however nullified the P3 million

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References

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