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THE word war between the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) and its lessee Camp John Hay Development Corporation (CJHDevCo) continues despite ongoing arbitration at the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center.

BCDA, in a press statement, recently praised the decision of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file malversation charges against officials of CJHDevCo for allegedly refusing to account for the 26 BCDA-owned hotel units located in Camp John Hay Manor and Camp John Hay Suites (now Forest Lodge) claiming their lessee retained earnings generated from its operations.

The BCDA cited a DOJ resolution dated April 1 stating: in the instant case, respondents' delayed remittance of the rental income of BCDA despite repeated demands did not extinguish their criminal liability for malversation of public funds. Again, it should be noted that the respondents did not provide any sufficient explanation for the said remittance. Thus, they are presumed to have malversed the rents due to BCDA for the period mentioned above under leaseback agreement."

BCDA president Arnel Paciano Casanova said this is a victory for the country under the Presidents leadership and his Daang Matuwid policy.

We welcome the decision of the DOJ, which is a first step in getting back and recovering what is rightfully government property and revenues, Casanova said.

According to BCDA, other CJHDevCo officials to be charged of malversation by the DOJ are Ferdinand Santos, Alfredo Yiguez III, and Emily Roces-Falco.

Last August 15, 2012, the BCDA filed before the DOJ 52 counts of malversation against the Board of Directors and officials of CJHDevCo and its subsidiary, Camp John Hay Hotel Corporation.

The 22-page complaint stated the CJHDevCo directors and officers, even after the lawful demand of the BCDA, refused to return the public properties to government.

These properties are 16 units of the CJH Manor Hotel and 10 units of the CJH Suites Hotel which reportedly have a total value of P121 million. The hotel units were payments in kind or dacion en pago made to BCDA in 2008, as partial settlement of CJHDevCos unpaid rental obligations.

The complaint further stated that CJHDevCo continues to earn from these units but refuse to provide the liquidation of public fundsrevenues it earned from the use and lease of the 26 units.

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BCDA, CJHDevCo word war persists