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Court denies motion that threatens Herbert Bautista's right vs self-incrimination

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Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Herbert Bautista at the UniTeam miting de avance on Aseana Avenue in Parañaque. Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/06/16/20220507-election-marcos-miting-fsj-6196.jpg"/><figcaption>Herbert Bautista at the UniTeam miting de avance on Aseana Avenue in Parañaque. <em>Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Sandiganbayan 7th Division denied the motion for interrogatories and admission filed by government prosecutors in the P32 million graft case of former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista.</p><p>In a resolution dated June 13, 2023, the court said it would not allow the prosecution to serve a request for admission to Bautista in recognition of his right against self-incrimination.</p><p>The motion stemmed from the admissions or statements made by Bautista in a separate motion he filed before the court.</p><p>The court&#x27;s resolution did not specify the admissions he supposedly made. </p><p>“In conclusion, absent any cogent reason to apply the rules on interrogatories to the present case, the suppletory application of the modes of discovery is unwarranted,” the court said in the resolution penned by Division Chairperson Ma. Theresa Dolores Gomez-Estoesta, with the concurrence of Associate Justices Zaldy Trespeces and Georgina Hidalgo.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/12/23/herbert-bautista-faces-graft-raps-over-p57-m-projects">Ex-QC mayor Herbert Bautista faces graft raps over P57 million worth of projects</a></li></ul><p>The prosecution filed their motion last May 17, reasoning out that Bautista had already made admissions in his separate motion.</p><p>The prosecution stressed they were not requesting the admission of any fact not yet admitted because they only sought clarification on Bautista’s previous admission.</p><p>Bautista’s lawyers however invoked his right to be presumed innocent and his right to remain silent.</p><p>The lawyers also countered that the prosecution had no legal basis as interrogatories and request for admission are not included in the allowed modes of discover in the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure.</p><p>The court noted that only the Rules of Civil Procedure mention interrogatories and requests for admission.</p><p>“Verily, while the rules of civil procedure, precisely those governing modes of discovery, may be applied in a suppletory manner to cases involving criminal procedure, nothing on record exists to warrant such application to the instant case,” the court said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/07/23/herbert-bautistas-appeal-to-junk-graft-case-denied">Sandiganbayan denies Herbert Bautista&#x27;s appeal to junk graft case</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2682545" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Sandiganbayan 7th Division denied the motion for interrogatories and admission in the graft case of former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista.

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Court denies motion that threatens Herbert Bautista's right vs self-incrimination

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published Jun 16, 2023 02:55 PM PHT

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Updated Jun 16, 2023 02:56 PM PHT

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