Wakee Salud Case Dismissed

It’s going to be a merry Christmas for boxing promoter Rex “Wakee” Salud.

The perjury case filed against him was recently dismissed by a Mandaue City judge due to an infraction committed by the prosecution.

Judge Wilfredo Dagatan of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 3 said the prosecution wasn’t sure about whom Salud made the alleged untruthful statement when he registered as a voter of Cordova town.

“Let it be noted that the accused is charged for perjury for not telling the truth. Likewise, the court has noted that the prosecution is not also telling the truth,” Dagatan said in his resolution dated Dec. 5, 2013.

In the original complaint, the judge said Salud was accused for “feloniously swearing before election officer Arvin Maghanoy.”

However, the prosecution, in its amended complaint, wanted to change the name of the election officer to “Jovito Beltran.” /Reporter Ador Vincent S. Mayol