A magistrate of the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday dared the Office of the Ombudsman to file the next batch of cases against lawmakers and other officials implicated in the pork barrel scam.

Associate Justice Jose Hernandez, who heads the anti-graft court’s Fourth Division, made the challenge during the bail hearing of former Masbate Representative Rizalina Seachon-Lanete, where state witness Marina Sula testified. Lanete is now the Masbate goåvernor.

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