MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court has paved the way for a former party-list representative to turn state's evidence against former finance department officials charged in the Sandiganbayan with involvement in an P11-million tax credit scam more than 10 years ago. The high tribunal's Third Division reversed two rulings of the Sandiganbayan issued in 2008 that refused the Office of the Ombudsman's bid to turn former 1-Utak party-list Rep. Homer Mercado into a state witness against Undersecretary Antonio Belicena, Deputy Director Uldarico Andutan Jr., Assistant Executive Director Raul de Vera and Rosanna Diala, formerly of the Department of Finance's (DOF) One...
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