Megawide Construction Corp. said on Tuesday that a court in Cebu had dismissed the criminal case filed against its officials for the alleged violation of the Anti-Dummy Law in connection with the operation of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport. READ:
“We received today, June 27, 2022, from the Regional Trial Court of Lapu-Lapu City, Branch 68, the Omnibus Order dated June 14, 2022, dismissing the criminal case” against the company’s officials in their capacity as directors of the GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. , operator of MCIA, it said in a disclosure to the stock exchange.
“The dismissal of the case was necessitated by the enactment of Republic Act No. 11659 , signed into law last March 21, 2022, which clearly excluded airport operations and maintenance from the definition of a public utility; thereby, removing the applicability of the nationality restriction to GMCAC in operating the Mactan Cebu International Airport,” it said.
The newly signed law “applies to the Megawide respondents due to [its] retroactive effect,” it added. According to the company, a joint resolution issued by the Office of the Ombudsman in July last year “found probable cause” against its directors and officers, who are also directors of GMCAC, “who all allegedly acted in conspiracy with one another, for violation of Section 3 of Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.”
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