Liberal Party’s Quezon City mayoral candidate Herbert "Bistek" Bautista dismissed Thursday the latest complaint filed against him, saying it is an act of desperate political gimmickry allegedly hatched by the camp of his rival Mike Defensor.

"Mike, whatever act you or your proxies do, you will not change the fact that the Liberal Party will defeat you and other administration candidates by a landslide in Quezon City," Bautista claimed following the filing of another 15-page complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman by a certain Nicanor Salameda Jr.

The persons behind this should abandon their same old stale, dirty tactics, claimed Bautista.

"I urge Mr. Defensor to instead come clean in the alleged scandals involving billions of state funds during his stint in Malacanang instead of dreaming up ways to catch attention. This is an old issue that they are trying to resurrect. We are pleased that they have finally brought this matter before the proper forum,” Bautista further claimed.

Bautista stressed that the complaint will not derail his focus on the campaign as he shrugged off the accusations against him, saying his lawyers have anticipated the latest move of his political opponents months ago.

“We have nothing to hide so let the matter take its due course. We will just wait for the resolution. It is rather sad that while our campaign is centered on programs for development, our rivals would rather feed the people of Quezon City trash politics,” he charged.

Bautista said the filing of a harassment case against him came as no surprise, adding the same tactics are also being used against Senators Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas down to the local candidates of LP.

“The same thing is happening for LP candidates in Quezon City, especially with the latest SWS survey: 73 percent Herbert Bautista, 11 percent Mike Defensor, 6 percent Annie Rosa Susano, 4 percent Ismael Mathay, 3 percent Ariel Inton, 0.5 percent Samonte,” Bautista claimed.

In a 16-page Complaint-Affidavit, Quezon City resident and complainant Nicanor Royo Salameda Jr. asked the Ombudsman that after finding probable cause file the necessary criminal charges against Bautista before the Sandiganbayan and penalize him administratively after adjudging him guilty of the charges.

The documents of Salameda were not complete as he claimed he was unable to obtain all the documents covered by the Record Disbursement. Aside from Bautista, also included in the charge sheet is Ligaya A. Montallana, Administrative Officer V of the Quezon City government.

Bautista and Montallana were charged with violation of Republic Act 7080 or the Anti-Plunder Law, RA 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, RA 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act and several administrative charges including dishonesty, grave misconduct and conduct grossly prejudicial to the best interest of the service.

It was alleged that in the year 2009 up to present, Bautista and Montallana to spent the budget of the Office of the Vice-Mayor of Quezon City in the amount of P106,255,017 for food purchases from caterers without competitive bidding.