MANILA, Philippines—The Sandiganbayan again denied Juan Ponce Enrile’s latest request to strike out a lawyer’s judicial affidavit from the prosecution’s evidence list in his plunder case.
The Sandiganbayan’s Third Division ruled on May 19 that the testimony of lawyer Ryan Medrano—who was recruited by the Ombudsman to build its cases against Enrile and others—would not impair his right to confront the government.
Enrile previously argued that the testimony would interfere with his right to confrontation. He also said he would prefer Medrano appear in court and testify openly.
As a counterargument, the prosecution said that allowing testimony as evidence would speed up c…
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