Sandiganbayan Rejects Jinggoy’s Bid to Merge Cases
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan 5th Division has denied Senator Jinggoy Estrada‘s motion seeking to consolidate his plunder and graft cases related to the flood control mess under one division.
“While indeed the plunder case shares a common question of fact with each of the anti-graft cases, a consolidation of these cases would defeat the purpose of consolidation and impede the progress of the latter,” the Sandiganbayan said in its resolution dated June 24.
Estrada is charged with one count of graft before the 2nd Division and a separate graft charge and one plunder case before the 5th Division.
This is Estrada’s third time to face plunder charges. He was acquitted in his first two plunder cases linked to the jueteng scandal and the pork barrel
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