From GMA News Online (Apr 26): Misuari seeks Sandiganbayan’s OK for Bangladesh trip
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari has sought court approval for his nine-day trip to Bangladesh in May amid his graft and malversation cases pending with the Sandiganbayan.
In a five-page travel motion, Misuari asked the Third Division to allow him to travel to Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 2 to 10 for the 45th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Misuari said he is expected to deliver a speech on the developments of the peace process between the MNLF, which enjoys an "observer status with the OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries), and the Philippine government during the session.
"Chairman Nur Misuari is a signatory to the 1996 Final Peace Agreement and as such he is expected to deliver his message during the plenary session of the proceeding of the ministerial meeting regarding the development of the implementation of the peace agreement," his motion read.
Misuari attached an official invite dated March 12 from OIC secretary general Yousef Al-Othaimeen in his motion.
The proceedings of the OIC council will take place on May 5 and 6, but Misuari did not state his itinerary in the days before and after the session.
Misuari is facing two counts each of graft and malversation through falsification over the alleged anomalous procurement of educational materials and kits worth P115.2 million during his term as governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Misuari and his co-accused allegedly conspired with one another in giving "unwarranted benefits, advantage and privilege" to MBJ Learning Tools, CPR Publishing, and White Orchids Printing.
Ombudsman investigators, however, found that "no such materials were delivered" by the three companies.
Misuari still enjoys his provisional liberty after posting a P460,000 bail bond in September last year.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/651358/misuari-seeks-sandiganbayan-s-ok-for-bangladesh-trip/story/
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