The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division orders Senator Jinggoy Estrada placed on a renewed 90-day preventive suspension. The court action is tied to pending anti-graft proceedings before the anti-graft court, according to multiple outlets.
The suspension relates to plunder and graft allegations connected to the DPWH’s flood control and infrastructure projects and involve claims of illegal budgetary insertions and project allocations within a defined fiscal year portfolio. One report cites the special prosecutors’ description of an “intricate mechanism” in the alleged scheme, while another emphasizes the connection to charges involving the flood control projects scandal.
Outlets agree the ruling is grounded in the Anti-Plunder Act, which allows preventive suspension for officials facing plunder charges. The decisions are described as a court-ordered measure while the cases proceed, rather than a determination of guilt, and are framed as part of the ongoing judicial process in the Sandiganbayan.
