By Tara Yap
Former Iloilo provincial administrator Manuel ‘Boy’ Mejorada recently filed an appeal seeking to reverse the court decision that found him guilty of libel.
Earlier this week, Mejorada’s attorney, Adonis Edgar Angelo Macam, filed a Motion for Reconsideration before Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 118 in Pasay City. He claims it was unfair to have convicted Mejorada when Senator Franklin Drilon never appeared as a witness.
Judge Rowena Nieves Tan previously found Mejorada guilty on four counts of libel for maligning Senator Franklin Drilon via his blog and social media posts.
Most notably, Mejorada accused Drilon of bankrolling the overpriced construction of the Iloilo Convention Center, which led to a Senate hearing in November 2014./WDJ