THE PHILIPPINES’ anti-graft court has affirmed its Aug. 30 order acknowledging the forgery of a senator’s signatures in a corruption case that accused him of pocketing P183.3 million in so-called pork barrel funds.
In a four-page resolution dated Oct. 26, the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division dismissed a government motion seeking to block Senator Jose “Jinggoy” E. Estrada’s plea for the court to consider the forgery as a fact.
The court agreed with the senator, who is out on bail, that “the admissibility of evidence depends on its relevance and competence, while the weight of evidence pertains to evidence already admitted and its tendency to convince and persuade.” The lawmaker earlier argued that the Commission on Audit had found that the whistleblower in the scam had forged documents used in the anomalous projects.
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