Police officers escort Sen. Rodante Marcoleta as he leaves the Sandiganbayan on Monday, July 6, 2026. The antigraft court issued an arrest warrant against the lawmaker over a non-bailable plunder charge filed by the Office of the Ombudsman involving P75 million in campaign contributions. Photo by Grig C. Montegrane/INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Rodante Marcoleta is now fit to travel, a Philippine National Police (PNP) physician told the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Friday.
The antigraft court’s Third Division issued a warrant of arrest against Marcoleta on Monday in connection with his plunder case over the P75 million campaign donation the senator received while being a sitting party-list lawmaker, which, according to state prosecutors, was not declared in his financial and campaign disclosures.
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