Supreme Court allows Enrile’s trial for plunder to proceed

MANILA: The Supreme Court has allowed the Sandiganbayan to proceed with the plunder trial of former senator and now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, Juan Ponce Enrile (pic).

Voting 13-0 with two justices having “no part,” the Supreme Court dismissed Enrile’s petition for prohibition of his plunder case, in which he is accused of pocketing more than P172 million in pork barrel funds.