Ombudsman Asks Sandiganbayan to Reverse Revilla’s Bail

How Ombudsman is pushing Sandiganbayan to revoke Revilla's bail

The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division recently granted former senator Bong Revilla’s petition for bail, allowing him to avail of temporary liberty. This means Revilla is out of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology detention, while his malversation and graft cases are pending with the anti-graft court. Revilla is already out on bail for his graft; the latest resolution was for the malversation case. But the prosecutors from the Office of the Ombudsman…

NUPL condemns ‘double standard’ on Revilla bail

​THE National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) said Thursday that allowing former senator Bong Revilla to post bail while permitting the continued detention of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights worker Marielle Domequil is a blatant display of double standard in the country's judicial system.​Revilla was accused of malversation of public funds in connection with an alleged P92.8 million flood control project in Pandi, Bula…

Ombudsman asks Sandiganbayan to reverse Revilla’s bail

The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has sought to overturn the Sandiganbayan’s grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., urging the anti-graft court to partially reconsider its July 31 resolution and deny his petition for provisional liberty.On July 31, the Sandiganbayan Third Division granted bail to Revilla in his pending malversation case over the alleged anomalous ₱92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan. The resol…

Ombudsman: Sandiganbayan ignored evidence vs. Revilla in flood control case

The Sandiganbayan ignored the prosecution's evidence of former senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.'s alleged involvement in the illegal disbursement of public funds for the "ghost" P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan, the Office of the Ombudsman asserted.