CASE VS. 3 OFFICIALS JUNKED

The Sandiganbayan has junked the case against three Bogo City officials due to the failure of the Office of the Ombudsman to release a speedy resolution on the charges filed against them for allegedly intimidating their rival in the 2010 elections. The anti-graft court dismissed the grave coercion case filed against former Bogo City Mayor Celestino Martinez, Jr., his son and incumbent Mayor Jose Carlo Martinez, and former Vice Mayor Santiago Sevilla. The case was junked because the Ombudsman deprived the respondents of their right to a speedy disposition of their cases.