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THE Sandiganbayan yesterday acquitted former Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonino while convicting a former officer of the National Agri-Business Corp (Nabcor.
Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by a former Nueva Ecija lawmaker who challenged the Office of the Ombudsman's findings to indict him in connection with Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) irregularities in 2007. In a resolution uploaded online on Friday, the SC First Division affirmed the resolutions of the Ombudsman in 2016 and 2017 finding probable cause to charge former Nueva Ecija 4th District Rep. Rodolfo Antonino with malversation and violation of Republic Act (RA) 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act regarding the utilization of his allotment of PDAF, also known as pork barrel. "Petitioner (Antonino) failed to show that the Ombudsman acted in a capricious and whimsical manner," the SC said, adding that it "defers to the discretion of the Ombudsman considering that its finding of probable cause to indict petitioner (Antonino) for two counts of malversation under Article 217 of the Revised Pena