Prosecutors see strong graft case vs former solon
04/20/2011The graft case against former Bukidnon Rep. Nereus Acosta involving the diversion of his pork barrel allocations to cooperatives in Bukidnon owned by his relatives need not be subjected to any plea bargaining.
This arose after prosecutors said the case against the former lawmaker “was not weak.”
Acosta, who lost his bid for a Senate seat in the May 2010 elections, has been indicted and tried for graft after he used his pork barrel allocations in 2001 to finance the lending operations of the Bukidnon Integrated Network of Home Industries Inc. (Binhi) and shore up the finances of the Bukidnon Vegetable Producers Cooperative (BVPC) in 2002..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110420hed3.html
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