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Published July 8, 2021 8:24am The Office of the Ombudsman will no longer appeal Senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. s acquittal of 16 graft charges in relation to the pork barrel scam. In a statement on Thursday, the office said this is in accordance with Ombudsman Samuel Martires policy of no longer challenging the dismissal of cases/quashal of information and judgments of acquittal. Consistent with the defendant’s constitutional right against double jeopardy, Ombudsman Samuel Martires sets the policy of no longer challenging the dismissal of cases/quashal of information and judgments of acquittal, either through a motion to dismiss, a demurrer to evidence or by a decision, rendered by the trial courts or the Sandiganbayan except when the People was clearly deprived of due process or there was mistrial, the statement said.