From: abs-cbnnews.com
The Sandiganbayan has upheld an arrest
warrant it had issued for the arrest of of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on
plunder charges for the alleged misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
(PCSO) funds.
The Sandiganbayan 1st Division rejected a
motion by the Arroyo camp to stop the implementation of the arrest order.
Aside from Arroyo, the others included in the
arrest order are former PCSO chairman Sergio Valencia, former PCSO vice
chairman and general manager Rosario Uriarte, members of the PCSO board of
directors Manuel Morato, Jose Taruc V, Raymundo Roquero, and Ma. Fatima Valdes,
former PCSO budgets and accounts manager Benigno Aguas, former Commission on
Audit chairman Reynaldo Villar, and former head of COA's
intelligence/confidential fund audit unit Nilda Plaras.
The court has yet to serve the arrest warrants.
It was still clarifying how to proceed with the multiple arrests.
The arrest warrant was issued after the Office
of the Ombudsman dismissed Arroyo's petition to junk the plunder case against
her. Arroyo is currently out on bail for a separate charge of electoral
sabotage ###.
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