MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has "noted" with no further action a motion on the forfeiture case against businessman Ernest Escaler and former Justice secretary Hernando Perez. In a resolution dated August 22, the anti-graft court said it has "noted for being moot and academic" a motion filed by the lawyers of Escaler seeking to expunge the testimony of a prosecution witness for technical lapses. Escaler sought to do away with the judicial affidavit of lawyer RJ Andrade Bernal, claiming it was filed after the 15-day period granted by the court had expired on June 9 and the court had yet to act on the motion of prosecutors for more time. The Sandiganbayan said "undoubtedly, the judicial affidavit of Atty. RJ Andre Bernal was submitted within the additional period granted by the court" when the court allowed government prosecutors to file the sworn testimonies of their witnesses. In its resolution dated July 28, the anti-graft court ordered the government to su