PNP ready to serve arrest warrant vs Marcoleta over plunder case

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it was ready to enforce court mandates as Senator Rodante Marcoleta faces potential arrest over a newly filed plunder case.

Speaking at a press briefing in Camp Crame on Friday, PNP public information chief Col. Allen Rae Co assured the public that the police force always operates in accordance with standard protocols and procedures.

“The PNP stands ready to execute any lawful order from the court,” he added.

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The Office of the Ombudsman filed the plunder case against Marcoleta, former Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor and donors Aristotle Viray and Joseph Espiritu before the Sandiganbayan on Friday morning.

The case stemmed from a P75-million donation the latter three made to Marcoleta when he was still a congressman before his senatorial bid in 2025.

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“We will be coordinating if ever this will be done inside the Senate with the Senate leadership,” Co explained.

To recall, when the PNP moved to arrest Sen. Jinggoy Estrada last June also for plunder, tensions flared in the Senate when then-Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano insisted that Estrada be arrested outside the chamber. /das

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