The Sandiganbayan’s Third Division has affirmed its order for the 90-day preventive suspension of Pangasinan Provincial Accountant Arturo Soriano pending litigation of the graft charges he is facing in connection with the award of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) interim maintenance deal to a joint venture in 2012.

In a six-page resolution promulgated on January 18, the court denied for lack of merit his plea to reconsider the earlier ruling that granted the prosecution’s motion for his preventive suspension.

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