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State lawyers pursue

Joc-Joc plunder case

Ombudsman insists
case vs Joc-joc strong

government prosecutors insisted that the

THE Office of the Ombudsman insisted it

plunder case filed against former Agriculture

has strong case against former Agriculture

Undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-Joc Bolante is

Undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-Joc Bolante

strong and sufficient to indict him.

over the P728 million fertilizer fund scam.

In their 18-page Motion for Reconsideration,

Conchita Carpio-Morales said they will file

Prosecution Bureau acting director Louella

additional evidence to the plunder case

Mae Oco Pesquera and assistant special

against Bolante and his co-accused on the

prosecutors Jennifer A. Agustin-Se and

old

Rohermia J. Jamsani-Rodriguez stressed

presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

case

that

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place

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that elements of the plunder charge were

sufficiently stated in the complaint.

Earlier, the Sandiganbayan Second Division

has ordered the Office of the Ombudsman to

Earlier, the Sandiganbayan Second division

submit additional evidence to strengthen its

declared that there is no probable cause to

P265.64

support a plunder charge against Bolante

Bolante and his co-accused.

million

plunder

case

against

and others over the P723 million fertilizer

scam. The Sandiganbayan then ordered the

The

Sandiganbayan

said

should

the

Office of the Ombudsman to submit more

Ombudsman fail to bolster the case, it has

evidence to strengthen the case within 60

no choice

days.

decrease it to lesser offense of either graft

but to order a dismissal or

or malversation.

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The prosecutors asked the court to set

aside its August 15, 2014 resolution and

While

Morales clarified it

was

former

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immediately order the arrest of Bolante and

Ombudsman Orlando Casimiro who filed the

all the accused.

information on the plunder case, her officers

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will revise it and add more evidence.

In its ruling, the Sandiganbayan said the
prosecution failed to show that Bolante

They ordered us within 60 days to beef up

amassed

our evidence. By the way I did not file the

ill-gotten

wealth

from

the

transactions totaling P50 million or higher.

information it was my predecessor. So, for

every faux pas, alleged faux pas that the

Based on evidence presented, the anti-graft

Ombudsman commits please do not take it

court said the allegations may constitute

personally against me, Morales said.

malversation of public funds or graft but not

plunder.

Yes, we have a strong case, we are not

filing a case if we dont have a strong case.

But the prosecutors said there was no need

We are going to comply with the order of the

to establish that ill-gotten wealth of P50

court. We are going to do that as directed,

million or higher was found in the hands of

within 60 days upon the receipt of the

the

order, she added.

accused

government

official

and

requiring the Ombudsman to do so is a

grave error.

Meanwhile, in

46-page resolution,

the

Second Division declared that based on the

With utmost regret, the prosecution is

information, Bolante is the principal accused

unable to agree with the conclusion (of the

while

court) without compromising the efficacy of

co-conspirators.

his

co-defendants

are

merely

the plunder law, the motion said.

His co-accused were former Agriculture
The prosecution panel argued that plunder is

Secretary Luis Cito Lorenzo, Assistant

already committed once the accused public

Secretary Ibarra Trinidad C. Poliquit and

official gets material possession of a

private defendants Jaime Paule, Marilyn

government asset through improper means

Araos, Joselito Flordeliza, Marites Aytona,

and has free disposal of the asset.

Jose Barredo and Leonicia Marco-Llarena -suppliers

Bolante and his conspirators are not only

of

the

allegedly

diluted

and

overpriced liquid fertilizer.

charged with various diversion of funds,

misappropriation, and conversion, but also

Among the NGOs named were the same

with raid of public treasury relative to the

ones

downloading of the P723 million fertilizer

Lim-Napoles who is now facing three counts

fund. The act of mulcting or raid of the public

of plunder on the alleged fraud involving over

treasury is the overt act by which plunder

half a billion pesos

was committed, it added.

Development Assistance Funds of senators.

linked

to

businesswoman

Janet

from the Priority

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They reiterated that Bolante was able to

gain control of the P723 million by falsifying

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a list of project proponents which he

Additional Info

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submitted to the Department of Budget and

Management on behalf of the Department of
Agriculture.

August 28, 2014

Published in Nation

The proponents were supposedly covered

by the Strategic Agricultural and Fisheries
Development Zones (SAFDZ).
But at the time the P723 million was
released, SAFDZ was not even complete.
The pro-forma Memorandum of Agreement
clearly shows that he (Bolante) was in
control of how the funds shall be spent,
prosecutors stressed.
(T)here is no necessity to identify which
part of the P723 million reverted back to
Bolante and his cohorts. Bolante... had
committed raid against public treasury, the
act of looting the government, it added.

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