The Sandiganbayan’s First Division has thrown out the graft case filed against former Surigao del Sur second district Rep. Peter Paul Jed Falcon as well as the graft case filed against former Surigao del Sur second district Rep. Jesnar Falcon, after it found their rights to speedy case disposition were violated.

In a seven-page resolution promulgated on February 3, it found that the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) took five years and eight months to finish the preliminary investigation.

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