A former mayor in Negros Oriental province wants the Sandi-ganbayan to dismiss his graft case since, he said, the Office Ombudsman failed to show that his P80-million loan was spent illegally.

In his 16-page motion to quash, Ernest Reyes, a former mayor of Guihulngan City in Central Visayas, through his defense counsels said that nowhere does the charge sheet filed against him show how entering into a loan constitutes violations of the anti-graft law.

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