The anti-graft court on Wednesday sentenced Sorsogon Rep. Jose Solis to six to 10 years in jail for illegally awarding the title of a piece of land in Laur, Nueva Ecija, to a private person in 1999, when he was head of the National Mapping and Resource Information Administration.
The Sandiganbayan’s Third Division found Solis and his co-defendant, Florencia Garcia-Diaz, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating anti-graft laws.
“We are convinced that the prosecution has ably discharged [its duty] to sustain the conviction of [the accused],” the court said.
Solis, 70, a civil engineer and on his third term as congressman, was also perpetually disqualified from holding public office. FULL STORY
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