Sandiganbayan (MANILA BULLETIN)
Aside from Tuquero, also convicted in the decision promulgated on Oct. 9, 2020 were Sangguniang Bayan (SB) members Lourdes Alberto del Rosario, Rosario T. Mollasgo, Domingo Creer Villanueva, William Tuno Tuplano, Horacio Timola Aquino Jr., and Gomercindo Tebelin Litong.
They and former Viga Mayor Jose dela Cruz Toress were found guilty of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act in the purchase of a backhoe loader from Compressed Air Machineries Equipment Corporation (CAMEC) for P13.95 million without public bidding and with a declaration that CAMEC was the sole distributor of the equipment.
All the accused were sentenced to a prison term ranging from six years and one month to 10 years with perpetual disqualification to hold public office.
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Published March 2, 2021, 3:04 PM
The Sandiganbayan has ordered a lawyer to explain why he should not be sanctioned for manifesting to the court that his client, who was convicted of graft and malversation, was already dead “when the truth is said accused is still very much alive.”
Sandiganbayan
(MANILA BULLETIN)
Ordered to explain was Jose V. Aspiras, lawyer of former Sulu Gov. Yusop Hussin Jikiri, who, together with Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Unit XI Executive Director Oscar Parawan, was sentenced last Nov. 27, 2020 to a total of 16 to 26 years in prison.
During the promulgation of the decision on his case, Jikiri failed to appear. Aspiras explained his client’s absence by manifesting his (Jakiri’s) death. The lawyer was then directed to file Jikiri’s death certificate which would indicate the place and date of his death.