MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan second division has upheld its initial decision to dismiss a P102-billion forfeiture case filed 32 years ago against the Marcoses due to the missing originals of key documentary evidence.

In a Feb.13 eight-page resolution, the antigraft court dismissed for lack of merit the motion for reconsideration filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government and the Office of the Solicitor General.

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It also said the government failed to present any new argument in its motion.

—Patricia Denise M. Chiu

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