FORMER governors of Ilocos Sur province Luis “Chavit” Singson and Deogracias Savellano will be facing the music after the Office of the Ombudsman ordered them slapped with graft charges for handing out P26 million of financial assistance to a non-government organization (NGO) which happened to be a private company.

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales approved on Thursday that Singson be charged with three counts of graft and Savellano with two counts over P26.06 million in dole-outs to Multi-Line Food Processing International, Inc. during the two former governors’ terms.

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