The Supreme Court (SC) has required the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to answer in 10 days the petition of detained Sen. Jinggoy Estrada who challenged the inquiry report done by the council on his and his wife’s bank accounts.
In a resolution, the SC said:
“Acting on the Petition for Certiorari, Prohibition, and Mandamus (With Prayer for Temporary Restraining Order/Preliminary Injunction), the Court Resolved without giving due course to the petition, to require the respondents to Comment therein within 10 days from notice hereof.”
The AMLC report was in connection with the allegation that Senator Estrada misused the funds allocated to him under the outlawed Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
Plunder and graft charges have been filed against Senator Estrada before the Sandiganbayan which had ordered his arrest and detention.
Estrada elevated the issue before the SC when the Sandiganbayan junked him motion to exclude the AMLC’s “Inquiry Report on the Bank Transactions related to the Alleged Involvement of Sen. Jose ‘Jinggoy’ Estrada in the PDAF scam.”
He told the SC that AMLC violated his family's constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure.”
MANILA BULLETIN
