A Call To Drop The Graft Case

Philippines – An exceptional division of the Supreme Court has requested the Sandiganbayan to drop previous first noble man Mike Arroyo from the unite case over the supposed bizarre acquisition of recycled helicopters in 2009 and 2010.

The Special Third Division of the great court casted a ballot 4-1 to give Arroyo’s Motion for Reconsideration that attacked the very division’s choice that excused his Petition for Certiorari.

The Sandiganbayan is requested to drop Jose Miguel T. Arroyo from the Information recorded in the crook case docketed as SB-12-CRM-10164 at any phase of the procedures The decision, wrote at this point resigned Associate Justice Rosmari Carandang, is dated Dec. 1, 2021, yet was transferred distinctly on the SC site on April 10.

Agreeing are Associate Justices Rodil Zalameda, Mario Lopez and Samuel Gaerlan, while Associate Justice Marvic Leonen composed a disagreeing assessment.

The case originated from the Philippine National Police’s acquisition of three helicopters from Manila Aerospace Products Trading Corporation (MAPTRA) in 2009 which included two standard Robinson R44 Raven I light police functional helicopters worth P62,672,086.90 and one completely prepared Robinson R44 Raven II LPOH worth P42.312,913.10.

The Ombudsman said that the National Police Commission endorsed that each of the three helicopters ought to be pristine, yet its examination showed that the two Robinson R44 Raven were used by Arroyo, in this way there was an excessive charge of about P34 million.

Arroyo, in his counter-sworn statement, said he is a finished outsider to MAPTRA who sold the choppers and that it was Lourdes T. Arroyo Incorporated (LTA), whose president is Iggy and the primary respectable man’s sibling, executed with the headway of cash.

The SC observed that the Ombudsman and Sandiganbayan submitted grave maltreatment of carefulness in tracking down reasonable justification to charge Arroyo, refering to deficiency of arraignment proof to back its case of connivance.

While the SC said that it stays careful that it’s anything but a trier of realities, after a legal audit, “the Court observes that the OMB has horribly misappreciated the chaperon and clear realities in a way that is equivalent to grave maltreatment of attentiveness adding up to need or abundance of ward.”

The SC additionally noticed that at the hour of the obtainment, Arroyo had proactively stripped from LTA and relegated his portions to another person.