Deputy Speaker and Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
In a 4-1 vote of the Sandiganbayan justices, the anti-graft court granted Villafuertes’ demurer to evidence on his motion that the evidence of the prosecution was weak after its presentation during trial.
Villafuerte was charged with violations of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, for the contracts he entered into with Tigon Security Investigation and General Services, Inc. from July 2008 to December 2009.
The graft charge against Villafuerte’s co-accused former Rural Health Physician Bernadette Galan Carlos and Medical Officer III Gerardo Nolasco Villafuerte was dismissed earlier last Feb. 3, also on a demurrer to evidence.