PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte's top legal adviser said the "time of reckoning" has come for Benigno Aquino 3rd who was indicted for graft over his alleged hand in the botched 2015 Mamasapano operation.

"Sooner or later the law will catch up on those who use power or wealth to shield themselves from the majesty of the law," Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said in a statement on Saturday.

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