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THE Sandiganbayan has convicted Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari in connection with the P77-million worth of ghost purchases during his term as governor of the defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a 68-page decision promulgated on Friday, the Anti-Graft Court found the 85-year-old Misuari guilty of two counts of graft.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Sandiganbayan\u2019s Third Division sentenced him and his co-accused to 12 to 16 years in prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Convicted with Misuari of two counts of the same offense were four former regional officials of the Department of Education (DepEd)-ARMM \u2013 director Leovigilda Cinches, chief accountant Pangalian Maniri, accountant Alladin Usi and supply officer Sittie Aisa Usman.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also convicted of one count each of graft were Commission on Audit-ARMM resident auditor Nader Macagaan and private supplier Cristeta Ramirez of CPR Publishing.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Except for Ramirez, the rest, being government officials around the time of the procurements of the <\/strong>non-existent information technology (IT) educational materials<\/strong> in 2000 and 2001, were barred permanently from holding public office.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Misuari\u2019s counsel, Ma. Victoria Lim-Florido, they will appeal the graft conviction.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2017, Misuari was charged with three counts each of graft and of malversation in relation to the P115 million worth of non-existent educational materials when he was ARMM governor in 2000 and 2001.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, the Sandiganbayan later amended the case and charged the MNLF leader with two counts each of graft and malversation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The amount of the transactions was placed at P77 million instead.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The MNLF leader is acquitted of malversation raps.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Misuari is currently out on bail for the cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Sandiganbayan has convicted Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari in connection with the P77-million worth of ghost purchases during his term as governor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6133,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6131\/revisions\/6133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}