LAOAG CITY– The Department of Justice has
ordered the filing of murder charges against the former mayor of Dingras,
Ilocos Norte for the 2009 killing of the president of the Ilocos Norte Electric
Cooperative.
The DOJ reversed the ruling of the provincial
prosecutor’s office which dropped former mayor Marineth Gamboa of Dingras town
from the charge sheet.
The DOJ conducted a reinvestigation of the
case and subsequently ordered the local prosecutor’s office to charge Gamboa
and a certain Jonathan Bagamaspad for the murder of Ilocos Norte Electric
Cooperative president Lorenzo Rey Ruiz.
Earlier, the provincial prosecutor’s office
had filed murder charges against Saturnino Pagaling, Victor Cahudoy and Noel
Aurellano for the Ruiz killing. The three are detained at the provincial jail.
Gamboa, a mayoral bet in next year’s polls,
filed a motion for reconsideration at the DOJ through her legal counsel, lawyer
Ferdinand Ignacio.
Gamboa said she would pursue her mayoral bid
despite the DOJ decision.
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