Sandiganbayan
Former Mayor Diocaesar S. Suero of Cabugao, Ilocos Sur and two others have been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan of their graft and malversation charges in the alleged overpayment of the town’s farm-to-market road project in 2010.
Also acquitted were former municipal planning and
Published March 12, 2021, 3:34 PM
The Sandiganbayan has denied anew the plea of an accused to present in his graft and malversation cases the testimony of a witness who is now residing abroad and whose whereabouts were not relayed to the court during pre-trial.
Denied twice was the motion of former Mayor Dioscaesar Suero of Cabugao, Ilocos Sur to present the testimony of a certain Renato/Charlie S. Siruno through written interrogatories before the Philippine Consulate in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Written interrogatories consist of questions to elicit material and relevant facts for the taking of depositions or written testimonies.
Suero was charged with graft for conspiring with Nesto Ibarra and giving preference to the latter’s company, N.A. Ibarra Construction, in the construction of the farm-to-market road project for Cabugao town in 2010.