The Office of the Ombudsman Files Charges Against Aquino Over Alleged Connection With Mamasapano Case
The Ombudsman has filed administrative charges against former President Benigno Aquino III on alleged connection with Mamasapano case.
On Wednesday (November 08, 2017), the Office of the Ombudsman has filed graft and usurpation of authority charges before the Sandiganbayan against Aquino.
The administrative charges were filed against the former president for his alleged connection with Mamasapano incident in January 2015, which took the lives of about 44 police commandos.
Aquino was charged with violation of Section 3(a) of Republic Act 3109 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Article 177 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), the provision on the usurpation of official functions.
The bail for the usurpation of authority charge was amounting P10, 000, graft charge with P30, 000, and anti-graft body is worth P40, 000.
Ombudsman Assistant Special Prosecutor Reza M. Casila-Derayunan has accused Aquino of working with former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima and PNP-Special Action Force (SAF) chief Getulio Napeñas in launching the Oplan Exodus in 2015 resulting in the death of SAF 44.
Purisima was still under preventive suspension due to alleged misuse of gun license courier’s fees when Aquino approached him to launch the January 2015 operation.
Derayunan also said that the former president allowed himself to violate the PNP chain of command when Ombudsman issued a suspension order against Purisima and 11 other police officials.
The charges filed against Aquino was filed after the Ombudsman declines his motion for reconsideration and upheld its June 2017 resolution.
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