Sen. Rodante Marcoleta–INQUIRER PHOTO / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
Despite three days of protest by members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Friday fulfilled his commitment to file a plunder case against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta before the Sandiganbayan over the P75 million the lawmaker admitted receiving from three “friends” who were named as his coaccused.
The case against Marcoleta and the three others—former Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor, and businessmen Aristotle Viray and Joseph Espiritu—was raffled to the antigraft court’s Third Division. Plunder is a nonbailable offense.
“This was not a decision made lightly or by choice,” the Office of the Ombudsman said in a statement announcing the filing.
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