The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division has ordered the 90-day preventive suspension of former House Speaker Martin Romualdez amid a plunder case involving alleged kickbacks from flood control projects.
Atty. Dennis Pulma, clerk of court of the 3rd Division, confirmed the suspension order.
In its resolution, the anti-graft court directed Romualdez to immediately stop performing the functions of his office or any other government position during the suspension period.
The court also instructed the clerk of court to furnish the Speaker of the House of Representatives with a copy of the order through the Office of the Secretary General.
The House of Representatives was directed to report to the court within five days on the action it had taken regarding the suspension order.
Romualdez is currently detained at the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas in connection with the plunder case.
The case involves allegations that the congressman received ₱7.4 billion in kickbacks from flood control projects.
The preventive suspension order was issued by the Sandiganbayan’s 3rd Division while the case remains pending.
