SC upholds junking of probe vs Cojuangco

THE Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the ruling of the Sandiganbayan that nullified the result of the preliminary investigation conducted by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) against businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. in connection with a criminal case filed against him in 2003.

In a ruling penned by Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno and concurred in by Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Lucas Bersamin and Estela Perlas-Bernabe, the SC’s First Division denied the petitions filed by the state as it upheld the resolutions of the anti-graft court on April 24, 2003 and November 30, 2003.