Former Bacolod City mayor Luzviminda Valdez will finally be arraigned on January 15 after the Sandiganbayan denied for lack of merit her motion seeking the dismissal of the graft and malversation of public funds charges against her.

Valdez earlier argued that the cases should be dismissed as she invoked “selective prosecution” and “inordinate delay” it allegedly took the Office of the Ombudsman to file the charges.

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