Sen. Rodante Marcoleta
MANILA, Philippines — The arraignment of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta for his plunder case has been set for July 10 at 8:30 a.m., the Sandiganbayan Third Division said on Monday.
Arraignment marks the formal start of the criminal trial proceedings, requiring the accused to appear in court where the charges against him will be read before being asked if the accused would enter a guilty or not guilty plea.
The plunder case of Marcoleta and three of his co-accused, former Rep. Mike Defensor and two private citizens, a certain Aristotle Viray and Joseph Espiritu, stemmed from the P75 million campaign donations the senator received while being a sitting party-list lawmaker.
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