Published April 23, 2021, 3:16 PM
The Sandiganbayan has denied the plea of the former municipal agriculturist of Tigbauan, Iloilo to junk her graft case in view of the court’s dismissal of the charges against her two co-accused.
Denied was the request of Eugenia Sayson who was charged with graft, together with former Mayor James Excelsior Torres and Market Supervisor George Tinguban, in connection with the P1.87 million purchase of two farm tractors in 2009.
The charges against Torres and Tinguban had been dismissed on a demurrer to evidence when they challenged the weakness of the prosecution’s evidence against them.
In the case of Sayson, she told with anti-graft court that her role was essentially the same as the participation of Tinguban as it was only limited to accepting the tractors by accomplishing the corresponding Acceptance and Inspection Report and certifying the completeness of delivery.