The Sandiganbayan has pressed the arrest of a vice mayor in Maguindanao who allegedly failed to attend the promulgation of its decision on an anti-graft case last February 9.
The anti-graft court reiterated its ordered for the arrest of Vice Mayor Vice Mayor Datu Sajid Islam Uy Ampatuan of Shariff Saydona Mustapha town in Maguindanao for his failure to attend the Feb. 9 promulgation of the decision that found him guilty of 126 counts of falsification of public documents, four counts of graft, and four counts of malversation of public funds.
But the court rejected his petition “A convicted accused who fails to appear during the promulgation of judgment without justifiable cause loses standing in court and loses the remedies available under the Rules of Court,” the anti-graft court stressed. The anti-graft court said public funds amounting to P72,256,140, went to fictitious lumber companies with the use of falsified disbursement vouchers.
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