Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said he was no longer surprised by the filing of charges against former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III before the Sandiganbayan, saying it was part of the process after the Office of the Ombudsman had found basis to pursue the case against the former leader. “That is expected because the Ombudsman already had that resolution finding basis for filing the information and the information today is the consequence of that previous resolution,” Drilon said in a statement on Wednesday. “So that is part of the process. ADVERTISEMENTDrilon and Aquino both belong to the Liberal Party. The operation resulted to the death of 44 PNP-SAF commandos.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 08, 2017 09:11 UTC