{"id":32238,"date":"2014-11-18T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T01:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=32238"},"modified":"2014-11-20T09:37:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T01:37:42","slug":"revilla-files-motion-vs-prosecutions-move-to-amass-his-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/18\/revilla-files-motion-vs-prosecutions-move-to-amass-his-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Revilla files motion vs prosecution\u2019s move to amass his property"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-767\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1606-my-super-kap-bong-revilla-bow-out-of-mmff-2013-400x252.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-767\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1606-my-super-kap-bong-revilla-bow-out-of-mmff-2013-400x252-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr.\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1606-my-super-kap-bong-revilla-bow-out-of-mmff-2013-400x252-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1606-my-super-kap-bong-revilla-bow-out-of-mmff-2013-400x252.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Ramon &#8216;Bong&#8217; Revilla Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Senator Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla Jr. files a motion asking the court to junk the prosecution\u2019s move for garnishment of his property allegedly tagged as kickbacks from the pork barrel scam.<\/p>\n<p>Revilla\u2019s counsel noted in the motion that the prosecution\u2019s claims have no merit adding that the case is premature as the evidence cited were the same as those presented during the hearing on his motion for bail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo grant the application for writ of garnishment based on the dearth of evidence presented during the bail hearings would be doubly unfair and unjust,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn issuance of a writ of attachment (or garnishment) \u2026 would constitute undue pre-judgment to the bail application, particularly that the accused has yet to present evidence to magnify or emphasize the strong evidence of doubt in this case,\u201d the opposition added.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence presented by the prosecution also failed to prove that Revilla had a direct hand in the scam, according to the defense.<\/p>\n<p>Among the evidence noted is the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) report claiming that the senator withdrew millions of unexplained wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe very language of the AMLC Report denotes inconclusiveness, not to mention uncertainty. These inconclusive allegations cannot be used by prosecution as basis for its prayer in its motion,\u201d the opposition said.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to their claims, however, the prosecution insists that there is enough evidence to prove Revilla\u2019s\u00a0 involvement stressing the need to acquire whatever amount that was originally from public money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is prima facie evidence showing that much of accused\u2019s wealth is ill-gotten, the same having been sourced from public money amassed, accumulated or acquired from bribes, commissions and kickbacks amounting to P224 million from his P515 million PDAF (Priority Development Assistance Funds). Such P224 million wealth, which appears to be prima facie ill-gotten, has to be preserved pending final determination of the legality, thereof, including any purchased property sourced from such money,\u201d the motion read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Senator Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla Jr. files a motion asking the court to junk the prosecution\u2019s move for garnishment &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32238","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=32238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}