The Office of the Ombudsman has filed 36 counts of graft against former Palawan governor Mario Joel Reyes and other related violation of procurement law charges against 41 others before the Sandiganbayan over the P1.53 billion worth of 209 contracts involving Malampaya natural gas plant royalties from 2008 to 2009.

The Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon accused Reyes and company of conspiring to commit the crime since the Provincial Engineering Office came up with bogus evaluation of at least P461.7 million worth of infrastructure contracts not compliant with the procurement law.

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