Ex-Pampanga Rep. Gonzales posts P90,000 bail for graft


MANILA, Philippines — Former Pampanga Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales posted P90,000 bail in one of three of his graft cases before the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division over the weekend.
The Seventh Division clerk of court told reporters that he posted the bail on Saturday. Sandiganbayan offices have a skeletal workforce every Saturday.
The Office of the Ombudsman on Friday filed three counts of graft against former Gonzales Jr. over his alleged links to construction firms that secured public works contracts in flood control projects worth P611 million while he was in office.
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Aside from the Seventh Division, his two graft cases were raffled to the Second and Third Division.
The Second and Third Divisions have yet to confirm if Dong has already posted bail for his graft cases there. /das
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