The said amount will earn legal interest of 6% per annum upon finality of the Decision until fully paid.” it added. “He is hereby ordered to pay to the government P6.050 million. “However, accused Alcala is found to be civilly liable for his negligence in the strict and improper implementation of the project funded by his PDAF,” it said. The anti-graft court, however, said that Alcala remains civilly liable over the P6 million amount that the government lost due to his negligence. Alcala's acts of requesting the release of his PDAF allocation as well his endorsement of ECOSOC to DSWD in 2007, were in line with the prevailing practice and custom for the identification of PDAF-funded projects at that time,” the Sandiganbayan said. “Prior to its being declared unconstitutional, the PDAFs released were considered valid releases of the government and are presumed constitutional. In an 89-page decision dated March 20, the anti-graft court said that the 2007 release of Alcala’s PDAF was above board given that the Supreme Court only ruled the fund illegal in 2013. The case involved the transfer of P6 million worth of Alcala's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to a non-government entity ECOSOC when he was Quezon lawmaker. The Sandiganbayan has cleared former Agriculture secretary Proceso Alcala of graft and malversation of public funds charges due to the prosecution's failure to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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