There is no release order or credible report confirming that Senators Rodante Marcoleta and Jinggoy Estrada have been released; both remain jailed over separate non-bailable plunder cases
There is no release order or credible report confirming that Senators Rodante Marcoleta and Jinggoy Estrada have been released; both remain jailed over separate non-bailable plunder casesSenators Rodante Marcoleta and Jinggoy Estrada have not been released from detention despite claims made in a viral YouTube video.
The video bearing the false claim relied only on clickbait text and images to mislead the public.
“Kapapasok lang! Good news! Welcome back Marcoleta at Jinggoy! Ngayon lang!
Nakalaya na sila? ”Its thumbnail, which shows images of Marcoleta and Estrada alongside President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and other officials, also bears the text,on June 1. He has asked the Sandiganbayan 5th Division to fix bail on his plunder case, but in a ruling dated July 24 but released on July 28, the courtto authorities on July 6 after the Sandiganbayan issued a warrant for his arrest on plunder charges filed by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Rather than presenting any evidence of the two senators’ supposed release, the video only recycles commentary from the channel “Don Mar TV,” reacting to Marcoleta’s criticism of Marcos’ recent State of the Nation Address.
At no point does the narration claim or discuss that Marcoleta or Estrada had been released.of collecting kickbacks from anomalous flood control projects, while Marcoleta faces a separate plunder case over his alleged failure to declare P75 million in campaign donations Aside from their plunder cases, Estrada is also facing two counts of graft over alleged corruption in flood control projects, while Marcoleta is facing three counts of alleged violation of Presidential Decree No. 46, which prohibits public officials from receiving gifts. both senators to committee chairmanships on July 29 — Estrada to the committee on electoral reforms and people’s participation, Marcoleta to the panel on tourism — with Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian noting that they remain incumbent senators and that the vice chairs of the committees will run the hearings.
The two detained senators have also pushed to be allowed to participate in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial as senator-judges. On July 20, MarcoletaMarcoleta to explain why he should not be placed under preventive suspension as a senator in view of his plunder case.
Estrada’s own June 29 motion asking to be allowed to participate as a senator-judge in Duterte’s impeachment trial wasEfren Cyril Bocar is a journalist from Llorente, Eastern Samar who graduated with a degree in English Language Studies at the Visayas State University. Cyril is also a graduate of the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship of Rappler for 2024. Keep us aware of suspicious Facebook pages, groups, accounts, websites, articles, or photos in your network by contacting us at factcheck@rappler.com. Let us battle disinformation one Fact Check at a time.
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