The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonino of graft and malversation charges in connection with the allegedly irregular use of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) amounting to P14.5 million. In a 94-page decision promulgated on June 1, the antigraft court's Sixth Division said prosecutors from the Office of the Ombudsman failed to prove Antonino's guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Antonino's case involved the allotment of his PDAF, or 'pork barrel,' for the procurement of 7,275 sets of livelihood technology kits for his constituents in Nueva Ecija's fourth district.

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