Manila, Philippines – On Friday, former President Benigno “Noynoy”
Aquino III were charged with plunder case over the P3.5 billion anti-dengue
vaccine scandal.
Aquino, together with his former Secretary Janet Garin, and
seven more others involved were charged before the Office of the Ombudsman.
This complaint was second plunder case of the former president,
filed by Gabriela members and parents of the children who allegedly died after
being administered with Dengvaxia vaccine.
On Saturday, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II issued an
immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) against Aquino, some Cabinet members
during his term, and the main Sanofi-Pasteur executives.
The following subjects were under lookout by the
immigration: Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III; former Budget
Secretary Florencio Abad; former Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa;former
Health Secretary Janette Garin; Guillaume Leroy; Olivier Brandicourt; Ruby
Dizon; Thomas Triomphe’ and Carlito Realuyo.
Aguirre ordered the ILBO as there is a “strong probability”
that the mentioned persons may leave the country.
According to DOJ, these individuals, after being listed on
ILBO will not be allowed to leave out of the country unless an allow departure
order will be secured from Aquirre has been secured.
“We thus deem the issuance of an ILBO against the subject persons
prudent in order to at least monitor the itineraries of their flight, travel,
and/or whereabouts,” Sec. Aquirre said.
Gabriela and other complainants accused these involved
individuals of “Knowingly” acting in bad faith when they started to procure for
the controversial anti-Dengue vaccine.
“Respondents acted with evident bad faith as their actions
did not only connote bad judgment, but also showed a palpably fraudulent and
dishonest purpose to do a conscious wrongdoing for their own personal gain or
out of ill motive,” the complaint reads.
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