By The trial of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada for his remaining graft case in the Sandiganbayan over the alleged diversion of more than P200 million in pork barrel funds will proceed after the court junked his motion on the ground of insufficient evidence.
In a March 26 resolution, the antigraft court’s Special Fifth Division rejected Estrada’s demurrer to evidence, noting that the prosecutors “clearly proved,” through testimonies of the whistleblowers, witnesses and documentary evidence, that Estrada was in cahoots with his co-accused to get kickbacks out of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
