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The court permits the government to present evidence in the seizure of Nani Perez case

The forfeiture action against former Justice secretary Hernando “Nani” Perez has been given permission by the Sandiganbayan to file the sworn testimony of its witnesses.

The anti-graft court, through Presiding Justice Amparo M. Cabotaje-Tang, issued a resolution on July 28 ordering the government to submit the judicial affidavits of all of its witnesses within a non-extendible 15-day window and stating that any additional judicial affidavits submitted after this time frame would not be accepted.

The respondents in the case had already objected to the order for not adhering to court regulations.

In order to ensure that the merits of the case would be fully ventilated, the court said it was giving the petitioner (government) one last chance to file the judicial affidavits of all its witnesses.

In accordance with Republic Act 1379, Perez is accused of demanding USD $2 million from former Manila lawmaker Mario Crespo, also known as Mark Jimenez, in order to exclude him from the plunder investigation against former President Joseph Estrada in connection with the multibillion-peso Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) power plant project. This allegedly happened in 2001.

Later, members of Estrada’s cabinet described the initiative as an unusual transaction.

The money supplied by Jimenez to Perez, according to former Bulacan 2nd District Representative Wilfrido Villarama in a congressional address in 2002, was allegedly routed through businessman Ernest Escaler’s offshore bank account.

Along with Perez, who served as former President Gloria Macapagal-secretary Arroyo’s of justice at the time, his wife Rosario and his brother-in-law Ramon Antonio Arceo Jr. were also respondents.

“Under normal circumstances, this Court will refuse to admit these judicial affidavits because they are in violation of its order. The panel continued, “However, taking into account that the trial proper has not yet started, this Court admits them in the higher interest of substantial justice to give the parties a chance to properly present their case.

The sworn testimonies of witnesses Liezel de Leon, Hendeliza Quiambao Encabo, Bernard V. Corrales, Mary Susan S. Guillermo, and James G. Viernes had previously been objected to and moved to be removed from the records on the grounds that they had not complied with court regulations.

The government, on the other hand, claimed that the limitations imposed by the coronavirus epidemic were a major cause of the delay and failure to comply.

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