Sandiganbayan junks forfeiture case vs. Alfredo Romualdez

📆 6/24/2023 2:30 AM
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Sandiganbayan has junked the forfeiture of unlawfully acquired properties case against Alfredo Romualdez, a brother of former First Lady Imelda Marcos, his wife Agnes and their other co-accused due to violation of the right to speedy disposition of cases.

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“After the lapse of 20 years from the filing of the original petition and more than four years from the filing of its Supplemental Petition, the petitioner filed a Motion for Leave of Court to Amend Supplemental Petition to implead RLC as an additional respondent on the basis of a Deed of Absolute Sale executed in 2006, appending thereto the Amended Supplemental Petition.

Further, the anti-graft court said that the lapse of over 20 years puts in question the ability of Romualdez to adequately prepare for the case given that he is almost 90 years old. “The case has been pending for 27 years, yet the pre-trial has not yet even started. Considering the volume of documents needed to be presented in this case, it would not be far-fetched to conclude it would take some time before the case is resolved,” the anti-graft court added.

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