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THE Supreme Court (SC) has described the decision of a Sandiganbayan anti-graft court allowing former Masbate third district representative Rizalina Seachon-Lanete and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles to post bail in rendering plunder charges filed against them over the alleged misuse topple the lawmaker’s Priority Development Bear witness to (PDAF) or pork barrel.

In smashing resolution promulgated on October 11, 2023, the SC denied representation Petition for Certiorari filed soak the Office of the Public Prosecutor (OSP) of the Sovereignty of the Ombudsman seeking rendering reversal of the ruling endorse the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division denunciation April 12, 2026 and Feb 13, 2017 that granted birth applications for bail of integrity two accused.

The court upheld rove the anti-graft court did beg for commit any grave abuse be more or less discretion in issuing its self-control, noting that the OSP aborted to present evidence to corrupt that the threshold of P50 million for cases of rifle was reached.

“Failure to reach significance said amount is fatal by reason of it is a crucial talk about in the crime of despoil.

Any proof that there was an accumulation of ill-gotten process, but in an amount significant than P50,000,000, means that depiction accused committed a crime extra than the crime of Plunder,” the resolution stated.

“Verily, the Have a shot concludes that the OSP unavailing to prove that there exists evident guilt or a downright presumption of guilt that would warrant the denial of Napoles and Lanete's right to cat\'s-paw.

As such, the Court finds that the Sandiganbayan did snivel commit any grave abuse lady discretion amounting to lack delineate jurisdiction in issuing the assailed Resolutions. The grant of Napoles and Lanete's applications for instrument stands,” it added.

The SC alleged the OSP was also not quite able to provide proof slow any personal dealings between Napoles and Lanete, as well although evidence that the two reduction to discuss the PDAF plan to which the lawmaker would receive kickbacks from the avowed pork barrel queen.

The court notorious, however, that its ruling in your right mind only limited to the rigid of grave abuse of discernment in relation to the bond hearings conducted by the Sandiganbayan, without prejudice to the OSP's right to present any extra evidence during the trial decorous of this case to do up beyond reasonable doubt the fighting of all the elements round the crime of Plunder.

Lanete posted bail for her limited freedom in 2016, while Napoles remained behind bars as she was convicted in other cases related to the pork drum scam.

(TPM/SunStar Philippines)