The Sandiganbayan has denied the plea by former Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. for a new trial on his graft case, as it found “no compelling reason” to amend its decision convicting him last year.
has denied the plea by former Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. for a new trial on his graft case, as it found “no compelling reason” to amend its decision convicting him last year.In a nine-page resolution on Jan. 19, the antigraft court’s Third Division ruled that the arguments and issues raised by Amante were a “mere rehash” of what was already resolved by the court.
The case involves his irregular purchase and shipment of a defective computerized tomography scan machine worth P15 million from the United States.
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