Former Calapan City Mayor and now Rep. Paulino Salvador Leachon of Oriental Mindoro has asked the Sandiganbayan to allow him file a motion seeking to dismiss the graft case filed against him.

In a motion filed on Friday, Leachon asked the anti-graft court to let him file a demurrer to evidence. A demurrer submits the case for judgment based only on the latter’s evidence on ground that proof does not warrant conviction.

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