The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued subpoenas to Senator Jinggoy Estrada, former Public Works secretary Manuel Bonoan, and former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. regarding plunder complaints filed against them, Justice spokesperson Polo Martinez said Tuesday.
The preliminary investigations for the complaints are scheduled for Monday, February 2, and Thursday, February 12.
Subpoenas have been issued, and we are waiting to complete the service of copies to the respondents, Martinez said in a message to reporters.
Estrada and Bonoan are co-respondents in one of three plunder complaints filed with the Justice Department. Other respondents in the complaint include former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo, the late Catalina Cabral, former DPWH regional director Gerard Opulencia, and former district engineer Henry Alcantara.
Meanwhile, a separate complaint was filed against Revilla, Bernardo, Opulencia, and Alcantara. Both complaints, filed by the National Bureau of Investigation, allege violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, plunder, direct bribery, receiving gifts as public officers, and corruption of public officers.
It was Alcantara who linked Revilla and Estrada to the flood control controversy, claiming he provided commissions from flood control projects to their respective camps.
In a separate statement, Bernardo implicated Bonoan in the scheme, alleging that the then-DPWH chief directed him to submit a list of projects for possible inclusion in the National Expenditure Program.
Estrada, Revilla, and Bonoan have all denied the allegations.
Revilla will be transferred to the New Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory following a seven-day quarantine.
Last week, he surrendered to police after the Sandiganbayan issued an arrest warrant against him over an alleged P92.8-million “ghost” flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.
