The Supreme Court has upheld the ruling issued by the Sandiganbayan allowing former Masbate third district representative Rizalina Seachon-Lanete and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles to post bail in the plunder cases filed against them in connection with the Priority Development Assistance or pork barrel fund scam.
In its resolutions, Sandiganbayan also held that the OSP failed to provide proof of any personal dealings between Napoles and Lanete. In ruling against the petitioner, the SC stressed that the OSP, for the purpose of the bail hearings, failed to present evidence to show that the threshold amount of P50 million was reached.
Based on the complaint filed before the Sandiganbayan, the OSP claimed that Lanete, Napoles, and their co-accused committed plunder and amassed ill-gotten wealth in the amount of at least P64.4 million or 60 percent of the total amount of P107. 34 million received by Napoles’ NGOs, representing the former solon’s kickback from his PDAF from 2007 to 2010.
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