A PHILIPPINE anti-graft court has recently dismissed for lack of merit a petition by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada to prevent the garnishment of his properties in relation to a P184-million plunder charge filed against him by the Ombudsman, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.
PHOTO from Jinggoy Estrada Facebook page
The senator is facing plunder charges along with Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Bong Revilla and Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind in the P10-billion pork barrel scam.
The Inquirer also reported that in upholding its Feb. 17 order granting the Ombudsman’s petition for a writ of preliminary attachment, the Sandiganbayan said the arguments raised by Estrada in his motion for reconsideration were “unmeritorious.” A writ of attachment or garnishment is similar to a freeze order issued by the courts while a trial is going on.
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PHOTO FROM Jinggoy Estrada Facebook page | Photo by Albert Calvelo
Senator Jinggoy E. Estrada, son of former president Joseph Estrada by first wife and former senator Dr. Luisa ‘Loi’ Ejercito Estrada, has straddled the worlds of politics and show business all his life. Over the last two decades, Jinggoy has starred in several films and at the same, been elected mayor of his father’s bailiwick of San Juan City, and later, as senator. Jinggoy is serving his second six-year term in the Senate until May 2016.
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