Sandigan suspends Marcoleta for 90 days
The Sandiganbayan has ordered a 90-day preventive suspension for Senator Rodante Marcoleta due to ongoing plunder and graft charges. The court clarified that the suspension is mandatory under anti-graft laws and will not interfere with the Senate's functions as a collegial body.
Why it matters
This legal action highlights the ongoing accountability processes for high-ranking public officials in the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Rodante Marcoleta will be barred from carrying out the functions of his office for three months, the Sandiganbayan declared yesterday.
The anti-graft court's Third Division - which handles Marcoleta's cases of plunder and violation of Presidential Decree 46 that prohibits public officials from receiving and asking for gifts - handed down the 90-day preventive suspension against the senator.
Marcoleta, currently detained at the New Quezon City Jail, is prohibited "from (assuming) position as senator, or from any other public office, for a period of 90 days from receipt thereof," the Third Division's clerk of court Dennis Pulma said.
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