Supreme Court revives fertilizer fund scam case vs Lito Lapid

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The Sandiganbayan is directed to hear the case again and resolve it 'with reasonable dispatch.'

REVIVED CASE. Senator Lito Lapid faces his criminal case again over a 2004 fertilizer fund scam when he was Pampanga governor. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler

In a resolution released on Thursday, December 5, the SC 2nd Division reversed the ruling of the Sandiganbayan that dismissed the graft case based on inordinate delay.

 

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