Senator Rodante Marcoleta arrives in the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Monday, July 6, 2026, moments before the announcement of the issuance of arrest warrant against him. JOHN ERIC MENDOZA/INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan’s Third Division has issued an arrest order against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta for the plunder case brought by the P75 million campaign donations he received while being a sitting party-list lawmaker.
The Third Division issued the arrest order Monday morning after the Office of the Ombudsman filed the plunder raps against Marcoleta on Friday.
In a statement on Friday, the Ombudsman said that the filing of the case against Marcoleta was neither a decision they made “lightly or by choice,” reiterating that the evidence came from the senator himself.
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