Manila, Jan. 28 -- The former mayor and the accountant of Matanog town in Maguindanao has been cleared of charges for failing to remit the premiums of municipal government workers to the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
In its decision dated January 24, the Sandiganbayan's Second Division through Associate Justice Michael Frederick Musngi ruled to acquit former mayor Nasser Manali Imam and municipal accountant Haron Acob Ginta, on grounds of reasonable doubt.
Associate Justices Oscar Herrera, Jr. and Lorifel Lacap Pahimna concurred in the decision which said "the prosecution failed to prove that Imam, who was then the head of the LGU of Matanog, had knowledge of the failure of the LGU to remit the premium contributions" to the ...