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00:00Gagawing state witness si dating DPWH Secretary Manuel Manoan sa mga kaso kaugnay sa flood control scandal ayon kay Ombudsman
00:07Jesus Crispin Rimulia.
00:09Nakatakda namang sampahan ng kasong plunder si Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, kaugnay sa pagtanggap niya ng P75M sa campaign donation noong
00:172025.
00:18May ulang balita si Joseph Moro.
00:25May ulang linggo na ay nasa ang sasampahan ng kasong plunder si Sen. Rodante Marcoleta dahil ito sa pagtanggap umano
00:32niya ng P75M na donasyon noong January 2025.
00:36Sen. Marcoleta, definitely, ano na, for resolution ay, we're about to file it already.
00:43Ayon sa investigating team ng Ombudsman, napakalaking halaga raw nito para ituring na simpleng regalo.
00:48May tuturing daw itong korupsyon, lalo't kongresista na siya noon, kaya hindi umano may iwasang isipin na may hinihintay nakapalit
00:55ang mga nagbigay.
00:57Kakasuhan din ng tatlong nag-donate na si nadating Congressman Mike Defensor, isang Joseph Espiritu at isang Aristotle Baluyut.
01:04Wala pang pahayag si Sen. Marcoleta.
01:07Patuloy naman naming sinusubukan kunin ang panig ng iba pang personalidad na binanggit ng Ombudsman.
01:12Naanang sinabi ni Marcoleta na ang totoong pakay ng reklamo laban sa kanya ay para patahimikin siya.
01:18Si Defensor naman dati nang iginihit na hindi may tuturing na plunder ang pagbibigay niyo noon ng pera at wala
01:24rin daw siyang hininging kapalit.
01:26Oras na maihain si Sen. Marcoleta ang ikalawang senador sa Menoria na may kaso sa Sandigan Bayan.
01:32Aligasyon ng ilang mga senador sa Menoria, inuubo sila para mabawasan ng kanilang bilang sa Senado.
01:38Bagay na itinanggi ni Ombudsman Rimulya.
01:41All the evidence came from you know where. Hindi naman namin hiningi ito mangyari.
01:47All of you are witness to the actuations of the guy, of what he has said in public.
01:56Non-bailable o walang piyansa ang kasong plunder.
01:59Ayon kay Rimulya, depende sa Sandigan Bayan kung sususpindihin rin si Marcoleta gaya ng ginawa kay Sen. Gingoy Estrada.
02:06Patuloy naman daw ang case build-up laban kay Sen. Joel Villanueva.
02:10Kasi nakulangan kami sa case build-up na ginawa ng DOJ so we have to conduct our own.
02:16It's our choice whether or not to accept the work of the DOJ because we delegate work to them.
02:21Inaasahan naman daw na matatapos na sa loob ng isa o dalawang linggo ang preliminary investigation kay Sen. Cheese Escudero.
02:28Malapit na. Malapit na.
02:30Isa yan sa inaayos namin, nakasabay na ibang kasong plunder na aming pa-file within the next few days, within
02:39the next few weeks.
02:40Maybe it would take two to three weeks more for us to file cases in the courts and for a
02:48preliminary investigation.
02:49Kapwa lumipat sa bagong mayorya sa Senado si N. Escudero at Villanueva.
02:53Gayit ni Rimulya wala itong kinalaman sa kanilang magiging desisyon.
02:57We don't make deals with anybody with regards to the culpability or innocence of anybody. We don't make deals with
03:04anybody.
03:04And you're not going to be...
03:05All the deals that we make here will be in open court.
03:09Hinihingan namin ng pahayag si La Villanueva at Escudero.
03:12Ang kapwa-akusado naman ni Estrada sa kasong plunder at graft dahil sa maanumalyaan mo ng infrastructure projects
03:18na si datin DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan mula sa pagiging akusado magsisilbi na raw na state witness.
03:25We already have a signed agreement for the cooperation of former Secretary Manuel Bonoan to be a state witness, to
03:33be a cooperating witness.
03:36Kaya iuurong na ng ombudsman ang kasong plunder at graft laban kay Bonoan.
03:41His health is of concern to us and we want to be able to perpetuate his testimony as soon as
03:48possible.
03:48The knowledge that he has about the whole institution is something very important to us to be able to prove
03:56many cases.
03:57Ito ang unang balita, Joseph Morong, GMA News.
04:01Sa isang social media post, inalbahan ni dating Congressman Mike Defensor ang nakatakdam pagsasampan ng kasong plunder laban sa kanila
04:08ni Marcoleta.
04:10Kinwestiyon din ni Defensor ang desisyon ng ombudsman na gawing state witness si dating DPWH Secretary Manny Bonoan kaugday sa
04:16flood control projects.
04:19Sisikapin pang kunin ang pahayag ng ombudsman kaugday sa mga sinabi ni Defensor.
04:25Samantala, sa pahayag naman ngayong umaga, tinawag ni Senador Rodante Marcoleta na tila dalawang ibon sa isang putok ang pagsasampan
04:33ng kasong plunder laban sa kanya.
04:35Kapag siya inaresto, hindi naa niya matutuloy ang pagpapanagot sa mga totoong sangkot sa issues of flood control projects.
04:42Hindi rin daw siya makakasali sa impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte.
04:47Nanawagan si Marcoleta sa kanyang mga taga-suporta na huwag pumayag na baloktutin ang katwiran.
04:52Ang pinagbibintangan ni Marcoleta na promotor anya nito, si Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulia.
04:58Sisikapin pang kunin ang pahayag ng ombudsman kaugday niyan.
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