Prosecutors under the Office of the Ombudsman are asking the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division to reconsider its ruling granting bail to former Rep. Edgar Valdez of the Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles over a P57-million plunder case in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel scam.

The prosecution maintained that it presented strong evidence to support the denial of the respondents’ bail petitions.

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