Sajid Ampatuan

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Sajid Ampatuan
Vice Mayor of Shariff Saydona Mustapha
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June 30, 2022

Datu Sajid Islam Uy Ampatuan is a Filipino politician who served as governor of Maguindanao.

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Career

Sajid Ampatuan was elected as vice governor of Maguindanao in the 2004 elections while his father Andal Ampatuan Sr. was elected as governor of the province. Ampatuan Sr. resigned in 2008 with Sajid succeeding him. Sajid Ampatuan himself vacated the office following the Maguindanao massacre on November 2009 in the municipality of Ampatuan. [1] He and his brothers Zaldy, Anwar and Andal Jr., and brother-in-law Akmad were implicated to the massacre and were detained. He was released on bail in March 2015 [2] and acquitted in 2019. [3]

Tasked by his father to lead the "reunification" of the Ampatuan political clan, Sajid Ampatuan would run for the position of mayor of Shariff Aguak in the 2016 elections under the United Nationalist Alliance. [2] He lost his mayoral bid. [4]

He was elected as vice mayor of Shariff Saydona Mustapha in the 2022 elections. [5] He ran under the Nacionalista Party. [6]

Controversies

In 2017, several corruption charges were filed against Ampatuan which is connected to his tenure as acting governor of Maguindanao from 2008 to 2009. [4]

Since October 2022, he has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan at least five times. [7] [8]

Personal life

Ampatuan is married to Bai Zandria Sinsuat, who served as mayor of Shariff Saydona Mustapha. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "General Information: Brief History of Maguindanao" (PDF). Ang Makabagong Maguindanao. Provincial Government of Maguindanao: 3.
  2. 1 2 Cabrera, Ferdinandh B. (October 12, 2015). "Freed on bail, Sajid Ampatuan runs for mayor of Shariff Aguak". MindaNews. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sajid Islam Ampatuan acquitted in Ampatuan massacre case". Rappler. December 19, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Nonato, Vince (May 15, 2017). "Sajid Ampatuan faces 36 more charges over P16.3-M food scam". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Sarmiento, Bong (October 11, 2022). "Sajid Ampatuan sentenced to 170 years maximum jail term for graft, malversation of public funds". MindaNews. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Profile: Datu Sajid Islam Ampatuan | Candidate For Vice-Mayor - 2022 Elections". Rappler. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Ex-Maguindanao governor Sajid Ampatuan gets at least 40 years for corruption". Rappler . March 14, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Sandiganbayan convicts Sajid Ampatuan over P16-M ghost procurements". Rappler . May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  9. ↑ Panti, Llanesca (October 10, 2022). "Sandigan sentences Sajid Ampatuan to 128-year jail term over multiple graft, malversation". GMA News Online . Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ Ayalin, Adrian (October 10, 2022). "Maguindanao ex-gov Sajid Ampatuan gets reclusion perpetua for malversation cases". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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  12. ↑ Rebollido, Rommel (January 14, 2023). "Acquitted in Maguindanao Massacre, Sajid Ampatuan gets over a century for graft". Rappler . Retrieved January 27, 2023.
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  15. ↑ "Sandiganbayan says Sajid Ampatuan's conviction now final and executory, affirms arrest order". CNN Philippines . April 25, 2023. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
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  17. ↑ Mateo, Janvic (March 15, 2023). "Ex-Maguindanao governor convicted anew". The Philippine Star . Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  18. ↑ Pulta, Benjamin (May 8, 2023). "Ampatuan kin, Maguindanao exec guilty in 'ghost' food purchases". Philippine News Agency . Government of the Philippines . Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  19. ↑ Cabrera, Ferdinandh (May 10, 2023). "Ex-Maguindanao governor Sajid Ampatuan gets another 28-year jail term for graft, malversation". MindaNews . Mindanao Institute of Journalism. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  20. ↑ Cabrera, Ferdinandh. "Sajid Ampatuan kin worried recent Maguindanao atrocities may be blamed on him". GMA News Online. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
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