{"id":192952,"date":"2018-12-07T05:50:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T10:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=192952"},"modified":"2018-12-07T05:50:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T10:50:22","slug":"palace-respects-sandiganbayan-decision-on-revilla-acquittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/07\/palace-respects-sandiganbayan-decision-on-revilla-acquittal\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace respects Sandiganbayan decision on Revilla acquittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_186205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186205\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186205\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the executive branch has always respected the independence of the judiciary and will implement the orders of the anti-graft court. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/photos\/rpp.396756967326028\/744161135918941\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/\">Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday said it respects the Sandiganbayan&#8217;s decision, acquitting former senator Ramon &#8220;Bong&#8221; Revilla Jr. on plunder charges in relation with the multi-billion peso Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the executive branch has always respected the independence of the judiciary and will implement the orders of the anti-graft court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The judiciary has performed its constitutional duty of dispensing justice. While justice grinds so slow most of the time, it does grind, and when it stops it renders a verdict that is exacting and immutable,&#8221; Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the acquittal, Revilla has been detained at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center since 2014 for allegedly misappropriating his PDAF to bogus non-government organizations (NGOs) of businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles.<\/p>\n<p>Revilla&#8217;s co-accused in the case, Napoles and his former chief-of-staff Richard Cambe, were found guilty of plunder by Sandiganbayan&#8217;s 1st Division and were sentenced to reclusion perpetua.<\/p>\n<p>In the same statement, Panelo said the Duterte administration will learn from the cases involving discretionary funds and vowed to implement measures to ensure the proper utilization of the national budget.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo also noted that all parties can still avail of legal remedies under the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday said it respects the Sandiganbayan&#8217;s decision, acquitting former senator Ramon &#8220;Bong&#8221; Revilla Jr. on plunder charges &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":186205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-earl-jed-roque","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}