The Sandiganbayan’s Seventh Division has affirmed its ruling on the 90-day preventive suspension of Mayor Tomas Bongalonta Jr. of Pili, Camarines Sur, pending litigation of the graft case he is facing for allegedly causing the dismissal of a then-municipal employee without legal basis.

The prosecution earlier sought the preventive suspension, which the anti-graft court granted, prompting Bongalonta to seek reconsideration.

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