Manila Times
Manila
The Sandiganbayan (anti-graft court) yesterday ordered the suspension of Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile for 90 days in connection with a plunder case he faces.
Enrile becomes the second senator to be suspended by the anti-graft court, after Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada. In its ruling, the court’s Third Division said it can suspend a government official if it determines that a plunder charge filed against him is valid.
It rejected Enrile’s argument that suspending him would disenfranchise the 15mn people who voted for him.
In a separate hearing, the Third Division ordered Enrile’s co-accused, Janet Lim-Napoles, transferred from her detention facility in Fort Santo Domingo in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) female dormitory in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.