SENATE President Franklin Drilon is in a legal quandary again after a former lawmaker filed a plunder charge against him for issuing the Development Acceleration Program (DAP) in exchange for assuring the conviction of the former chief justice of the Supreme Court.

In 42-page complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman, former Rep. Augusto Syjuco of Iloilo province again charged Drilon of plunder. Drilon also hails from Iloilo.

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