00:00The anti-graft court Sandigan Bayan 3rd Division suspends Leyte Congressman and former House
00:05Speaker Martin Romualdez for 90 days. Romualdez is facing plunder, a non-bailable offense,
00:11due to alleged P7.44 billion in kickbacks from government flood control projects. The law states
00:17any public officer with a pending plunder case must be suspended from office. Romualdez is Leyte
00:231st District Representative and the first cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. He has been
00:28detained in the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas since September 14. The office of the ombudsman
00:33filed a plunder charge against him with the Sandigan Bayan on September 7. The 3rd Division
00:38issued an arrest warrant on the same day, ordering his detention.
