INQToday: Jinggoy Estrada Surrenders to CIDG
Estrada said he will stay in the Senate majority while facing his third plunder case and ordered his salary withheld, he told reporters.
- On Monday, Senator Jinggoy Estrada voluntarily surrendered to the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group following a Sandiganbayan arrest warrant for a plunder case tied to a flood control controversy.
- The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division issued the warrant days after Estrada posted bail for a separate graft case, while Estrada claimed he rejected offers to abandon the Senate majority bloc, stating, "I will not be pressured into surrendering my independence of judgment."
- Former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan also faces arrest over the flood control controversy, though he is currently hospitalized for hypertension; Estrada instructed the Senate secretary to withhold his salary to demonstrate he will not use his office as a shield.
- Authorities detained Estrada at the Quezon City Jail following the surrender, and he affirmed his commitment to remain firmly with the Senate majority bloc under Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano despite ongoing coup rumors.
- Vice President Sara Duterte filed an answer to impeachment articles on Monday, while other majority members including Senators Chiz Escudero and Joel Villanueva face their own separate allegations, intensifying pressure on Senate independence.
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INQToday: Jinggoy Estrada surrenders to CIDG
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories: Jinggoy Estrada surrenders to CIDG Senator Jinggoy Estrada surrenders to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Camp Crame on Monday, June 1, following the arrest order issued by the Sandiganbayan in connection with the plunder and graft cases filed against him. Sara Duterte responds to articles of impeachment Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp on Monday, June 1, files an answer to the ar…
Jonvic rejects SP Cayetano's request not to arrest Jinggoy inside Senate
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla rejected the request of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano not to arrest Sen. Jinggoy Estrada inside the Senate following the issuance of an arrest warrant by the Sandiganbayan on Monday afternoon, June 1. Instead, DILG Secretary insisted on implementing the arrest order by the 5th Division of the Sandiganbayan where Estrada is facing a case of plunder for the cont…
Before his surrender, Jinggoy Estrada vowed to stay with Senate majority
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Jinggoy Estrada, who surrendered to agents of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) on Monday afternoon, June 1, said he would remain part of the Senate majority bloc. In a press briefing, Estrada said he would “remain firmly with the majority bloc under the leadership of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano.” “I will not yield to threats. I will not be intimidated. I w…
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