Naglabas ang Sandiganbayan Third Division ng warrant of arrest at hold departure order laban sa dating Senador na si Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. at anim na iba pa. Tungkol ito sa kasong malversation na isinampa ng Ombudsman laban sa kanilla sa umano’y ?92.8 milyong ghost flood control project sa Pandi, Bulacan.

Kinumpirma ni Atty. Dennis Pulma, Clerk of Court ng Third Division ng Sandiganbayan ang kautusan ng anti-graft court na humahawak sa mga kasong malversation.

“There are findings of probable cause. The warrants of arrest and hold departure orders were already issued [by the court],” ayon kay Pulma.

“The electronic warrant was transmitted to the CIDG, NBI, and BI,” dagdag ng opisyal patungkol sa mga ahensiyang Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ng Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation, at Bureau of Immigration.

“After a careful review of the resolution and its supporting documents, as well as the records, the court finds that probable cause exists in this case, pursuant to Section 5, Rule 112 of the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure. Accordingly, let warrants of arrest be issued against accused Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla, Jr., a.k.a. Ramon "Bong" Bautista Revilla, Jr., Brice Ericson Diaz Hernandez, Arjay Salvador Domasig, Jayce De Leon Mendoza, Emelita Capistrano Juat, Juanito Coronel Mendoza and Christina Mae Del Rosario Pineda,” saad sa arrest warrant.

“This Court, in the exercise of its inherent power to use all means necessary to carry its orders into effect, more specifically, to preserve and maintain the effectiveness of its jurisdiction over the cases and the persons of the accused so as to render accused at all times amenable to its writs and processes ( Section 6, Rule 135; Section 23, Rule 114 of the Rules of Court; Santiago vs. Vasquez, et al., 217 SCRA 633), hereby orders the Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration to hold the departure from the Philippines of the above-named accused and to include the names of said accused in the Hold Departure List of said bureau,” nakasaad naman sa HDO.

Sinisikap pa ng GMA News Online na makuhanan ng pahayag si Revilla.

Ang mga kasama ni Revilla sa kaso ay sina:

  • former DPWH Bulacan First District Engineering Office (DEO) assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez
  • former DPWH Bulacan First DEO Engr. Jaypee Mendoza
  • former DPWH Bulacan First DEO Engr. Arjay Domasig
  • former DPWH Bulacan First DEO Engr. Emelita Juat
  • former DPWH Bulacan First DEO finance section chief Juanito Mendoza, at
  • DPWH Bulacan First District Engineering Office cashier Christina Pineda

— Llanesca T. Panti/FRJ GMA Integrated News