00:00The Office of the Ombudsman files a non-billable plunder case against Senator Rodante Marcoleta
00:06due to questions about his 75 million peso campaign donations.
00:10The Ombudsman files the case before the anti-graft court, Santigan Bayan.
00:14Marcoleta also faces three counts of alleged violation of Presidential Decree No. 46 on receiving gifts.
00:21The other accused are former lawmaker Mike Defensor, Joseph Barrias Espiritu, and Aristotle Baluyut Viray.
00:28The case is filed amid the Iglesia Ni Cristo's rallies in Metro Manila to protest Marcoleta's plunder investigation.
00:35The INC held the protests immediately after Ombudsman Boyeng Remulia announced on June 29
00:41that his office will file the plunder charge against the INC member-senator.
00:45Marcoleta's case stems from an Ombudsman complaint over questions on his campaign donations
00:50after declaring a net worth of 51 million pesos in 2025 but spending 112 million pesos for his senatorial campaign.
00:58But he later confirms he received 75 million pesos in campaign donations
01:02but says this happened before the start of the campaign period.
01:07Marcoleta defends this by explaining he was not yet a candidate when he received it.
01:11However, he was already a sitting congressman at the time.
01:14For the Ombudsman, this already constitutes plunder
01:17which punishes public officials for amassing ill-gotten wealth.
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01:23yes, you will get a decent space because they were elected.
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