00:00Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez enters a not guilty plea in his 7.44 billion peso plunder case
00:06related to the flood control mess during his arraignment on Wednesday, September 16.
00:11This means his plunder case now moves to trial.
00:14Romualdez was not physically present at the 3rd Division after the Antigrafed Court allowed him to attend online.
00:20This setup could be invoked by the accused as long as the court allows it.
00:24But the court directed its clerk to personally go to the new Quezon City Jail where Romualdez is detained
00:29to read the information against him.
00:31The office of the ombudsman alleges Romualdez is the central figure in the flood control scheme.
00:36He was charged with plunder on September 7 for allegedly receiving kickbacks.
Comments