Court junks case vs Pangasinan mayor over ‘inordinate’ delay

The Sandiganbayan’s First Division has dismissed a graft case filed against Mayor Aldrin Cerdan of Anda, Pangasinan in connection with the alleged renting out the town’s heavy equipment without authority from the municipal council in 2012.

In a seven-page resolution, the court said the Office of the Ombudsman “committed inordinate delay in the conduct of the preliminary investigation.”