FORMER President Benigno Aquino 3rd is asking the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division to suspend proceedings in the cases he is facing, pending resolution of a motion he filed seeking their dismissal.

Aquino is facing charges of graft and usurpation of official functions in connection with the botched police operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao where 44 members of the Special Action Force died in the battle with Moro insurgents on January 2015.

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