In a statement, Drilon said Friday’s development is part of the “constitutional and legal process” that people must “accept and respect.”
“(T)he Senate leadership assures that this will not impair us from continuing to perform our mandate of enacting legislation that will provide jobs, combat poverty and strengthen anti-graft measures,” he said.
Earlier Friday, the Ombudsman filed plunder charges against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr. over the P10-billion pork barrel fund scam.
Also charged were suspected scam mastermind Janet Napoles and several others.
He said he hopes the Sandiganbayan will “set the case for speedy trial so that the innocent would be cleared and freed, and the guilty punished and jailed.”
“The search for truth may be painful, but this is a process that strengthens our government institutions and reinforces the trust and confidence of our people in our justice system. We are a government of laws, not of men. And no one is above the law,” he said. — Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News
