THE Sandiganbayan’s First Division dismissed the graft charges filed against former Mayor Mary Joyce Roquero of Valderrama, Antique over the alleged anomalous lease of a sound system for a festival.
In a resolution, the court found that the Office of the Ombudsman’s (OMB) preliminary investigation took four years and close to four months from the time the complaint was filed on October 24, 2012 before the cases were filed, violating her right to speedy case disposition.
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