Sandiganbayan (MANILA BULLETIN)
In a resolution, the Sandiganbayan said “there is an absence of clear factual basis to support the finding that the subject contract is grossly and manifestly disadvantageous to the government.”
It said the prosecution “merely presented voluminous documents without sufficiently proving its case, and it also failed to show bad faith or malice on the part of accused Galsim.”
Galsim was accused of violating Section 3(g) of Republic Act No. 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, when he purchased on behalf of the municipality a 2,123-square-meter lot in Poblacion II, Sta. Cruz, owned by Teresita Asis Mercene for P702.70 per square meter.