Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari has asked the Sandiganbayan's permission for his nine-day trip to Bangladesh in May amid pending graft and malversation cases filed against him with the anti-graft court.
In his motion for travel, Misuari sought the anti-graft court Third Division’s approval of his trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh, from May 2 to 10 to attend the 45th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Misuari said he is a guest of honor in the event, and will deliver a speech on the developments of the peace process between the MNLF.
“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,” Misuari's motion said.
Misuari attached in his motion an official invite dated March 12 from OIC secretary general Yousef Al-Othaimeen.
Misuari is facing two counts each of graft and malversation by falsification owing to the alleged anomalous procurement of educational materials worth P115.2 million during his term as governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Misuari and his co-accused allegedly conspired with one another to give “unwarranted benefits, advantage and privilege” to MBJ Learning Tools, CPR Publishing, and White Orchids Printing.
But Ombudsman investigators said “no such materials were delivered” by the three companies.
Misuari posted a P460,000 bail in September last year for his provisional liberty.