Tuason and several other individuals pleaded not guilty to a graft charge and to a charge of malversation through falsification that they are facing before the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division along with other individuals in connection with Malampaya funds in 2009 to 2010.

Those who entered a plea of not guilty during the arraignment on Friday were Tuason, former Candaba (Pampanga) Mayor Rene Maglanque, Evelyn de Leon, Eulogio Rodriguez, Simplicio Gumafelix and Gerald Apuang.

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