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.
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malilong April 10, 2021 Richard Cambe was a lawyer. He was also an aide to Sen. Bong Revilla, a trusted one it seems, considering how that employment eventually led to his downfall. I am talking about him in the past tense because he is gone. He died last week from a stroke.
Gigi Reyes is also a lawyer. She was the chief of staff of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. She is currently detained at the Taguig City Jail in Camp Bagong Diwa.
Pauline Therese Mary Labayen also used to work in the Senate. She was the deputy chief of staff and appointments secretary in the office of then Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. She is now living a fugitive’s life in some country that Philippine authorities do not, or have no time to, know.