Former Bukidnon representative Nereus Acosta and his mother are asking the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the perjury charges that the Ombudsman filed against them in connection with Acosta's allegedly irregular use of his pork barrel funds when he was still a member of the House of Representatives six years ago. Acosta, who now heads the Laguna Lake Development Authority, and his mother, Socorro, the ex-mayor of Manolo Fortich town in Bukidnon, told the antigraft court the charges filed last October no longer had a leg to stand on as the complainant had abandoned the case. The Acostas said the complainant, Fr. Venancio Balansag, had already withdrawn the compla...
Keep on reading: Acostas seek dismissal of graft case
No comments:
Post a Comment