Uriarte filed a supplemental motion for bail following the Sandiganbayan First Division’s denial of her bail motion and house arrest bid in an earlier resolution. Uriarte, in asking for bail, cited the Supreme Court acquitting Arroyo and saying the prosecution failed to prove conspiracy among Uriarte, Arroyo and PCSO budget officer Benigno Aguas to amass ill-gotten wealth. Uriarte was one of the two who surfaced after the Supreme Court dismissed the plunder case of Arroyo and Aguas for lack of evidence and released the two from detention. Arroyo walked free from four years of hospital detention last July after the Supreme Court junked Arroyo’s plunder case for insufficiency of evidence. READ: SC junks remaining Arroyo plunder case, sets her freeThe plunder charge filed against Arroyo involved allegedly diverting P366 million in Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office intelligence funds intended for charity use for her personal gain during her term as president from 2008 to 2010.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 05, 2017 04:59 UTC