The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the plea of former Mayor Voltaire Anthony C. Villarosa of Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro to dismiss the criminal charges filed against him due to alleged inordinate delay that violated his right to speedy disposition of cases
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In his motion before the anti-graft court, Villarosa said the preliminary investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman on the charges filed against him took more than three years to terminate. While the complaint was filed against him on Aug. 29, 2018, the charges against him were filed only on May 6, 2022, he said.
But the antii-graft court denied his motion for lack of merit. “Here, there is nothing to show that the investigation was motivated by malice or that it was brought about merely to harass herein accused,” the court said in its resolution.
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