Cusi arraignment in Malampaya case postponed

The Sandiganbayan has moved to Nov. 7 the arraignment and pretrial of former Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and several others on graft charges after it granted the prosecution’s urgent motion to amend the information related to the 2019 takeover of the Malampaya gas project.

During Wednesday’s hearing, the antigraft court’s Third Division gave the prosecution, under the Office of the Ombudsman, 30 days to submit the amended information.

Cusi and his coaccused were charged for allegedly railroading the sale of 45 percent of shares in the Malampaya gas project to a company owned by Davao businessman Dennis Uy.

See Also

ALI unveils Ascenda estate in Davao City

Cusi and the other accused—10 other former and current energy officials—are out on bail.