MANILA The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the graft charges filed against former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile along with several others in connection with the coconut levy fund, citing the government's failure to substantiate the delays in pursuing the case. In its 52-page decision published online on Wednesday, the Court's First Division dismissed the complaint against Enrile, who turns 99 years old next week, due to "violation of their constitutional right to a speedy disposition of the cases." Apart from Enrile, also covered by the order are businessman Jose Concepcion, Rolando dela Cuesta, Narciso Pineda and Danilo Ursua. The court also ordered the dismissal of the same case against Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Jose Eleazar, Maria Clara Lobregat, and Augusto Orosa in view of their supervening deaths. "Taken in its entirety, there is a clear violation of the respondents' constitutional right to speedy disposition of cases when petitioner republic failed to prov
MANILA The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the graft charges filed against former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile along with several others in connection with the coconut levy fund, citing the government's failure to substantiate the delays in pursuing the case. In its 52-page decision published online on Wednesday, the Court's First Division dismissed the complaint against Enrile, who turns 99 years old next week, due to "violation of their constitutional right to a speedy disposition of the cases." Apart from Enrile, also covered by the order are businessman Jose Concepcion, Rolando dela Cuesta, Narciso Pineda and Danilo Ursua. The court also ordered the dismissal of the same case against Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Jose Eleazar, Maria Clara Lobregat, and Augusto Orosa in view of their supervening deaths. "Taken in its entirety, there is a clear violation of the respondents' constitutional right to speedy disposition of cases when petitioner republic failed to prov
THE Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the dismissal of the graft charges filed against former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile and several others in connection with the alleged siphoning of coco levy funds amounting to P840.7 million. In a 52-page decision penned by Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando, the SC’s First Division…
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