The Philippine Star reported on its front page that due to the inaction of the relevant Philippine authorities, the trial of the corruption case related to the Philippines' flood control projects has been delayed for a long time.
Remulla is concerned that the anti-flood project corruption case was dismissed due to excessive delays by the Philippine government.
The Philippine Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said yesterday that due to the "excessive delay" by the Philippine prosecutors, the government lost nearly 600 billion pesos in the anti-flood project corruption case that was dismissed in court. "This is very worrying. This situation must stop. There are many negligence, and we must get rid of this habit.
We should have a way to trace who is responsible for what," Remulla said at a briefing. He said that the 600 billion pesos covered the past 15 years. He stated that the problem may stem from defense lawyers using delaying tactics to extend the trial time, most of which are corruption cases.
Remulla said he will push to shorten the period for assessing whether a case can be dismissed - from 72 hours to 48 hours - to avoid political stunts.
The period for preliminary investigation will also be reduced from one year to only 60 days. The fact-finding stage will also be limited to 60 days. "From assessment to fact-finding to preliminary investigation to prosecution, the time is as long as one year. This situation must stop. We must either dismiss or prosecute. These are the two options. No one should be able to delay. Everything must move forward," he said. Remulla also vowed to raise the standards for filing cases.
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