Court asked to hold acquittal of SCotabato lawmaker, 2 others

Prosecutors underthe Office of the Ombudsman are asking the Sandiganbayan’s Seventh Division to reconsider the acquittal of South Cotabato First District Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. and two others over a graft case in connection with the issuance of a travel order when he was mayor of General Santos City in 2006.

In a six-page motion for reconsideration, the prosecutors argued they “presented proof beyond reasonable doubt of all the elements charged...”