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Then senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. co-sponsors a proposed Senate resolution. Voltaire F. Domingo, Senate PRIB/File

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Kaxandra Salonga

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178771946791420230206-senate-education-PRIB-4924.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Then senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. co-sponsors a proposed Senate resolution. Voltaire F. Domingo, Senate PRIB/File</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Religious groups conducted a prayer rally Wednesday outside the Sandiganbayan to urge Associate Justices Ronald Moreno and Fritz Bryn Anthony Delos Santos to overturn their resolution granting bail to former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in his malversation case involving an alleged ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.</p><p>The rally came after a Mass for Conscience and Justice at the San Jose Tagapagtanggol Parish in Holy Spirit, Quezon City.</p><p>Rev. Fr. Robert Reyes, a founding member of Clergy for Good Governance, said the ruling which granted Revilla bail was worrisome as it could set a precedent for other high-profile figures implicated in the flood control controversy to also be granted bail.</p><p>“Ituwid niyo ang inyong baluktot na desisyon… ibalik niyo si Bong Revilla sa dapat niyang kalagyan,” Reyes said during the Mass.</p><p>Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture founder Melba Padilla Maggay questioned why the justices granted temporary liberty to Revilla, while his co-accused remained in jail.</p><p>“How can the Justices, Fritz Bryn Anthony Delos Santos and Ronald Moreno, grant temporary liberty to the alleged coordinator and primary beneficiary of millions in kickbacks, while continuing to deny bail to the lower-ranking DWH accomplices who merely served as instrumentalities under pressure of systemic corruption?” Maggay said.</p><p>“As people of faith, we cannot remain silent when the scales of justice are tilted to favor the powerful and influential while crushing the weak,” she added.</p><p>Maggay voiced support for the Office of the Ombudsman’s bid to challenge the ruling granting Revilla bail and commended Associate Justice Karl Miranda, who was the lone justice to vote against granting the bail.</p><p>The Third Division justices earlier said <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/4/bong-revilla-bail-sandiganbayan-judges-ombudsman-1035">they would stand by their resolution.</a></p><p>On Monday, Ombudsman prosecutors <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/25/prosecutors-ask-sandiganbayan-justice-to-inhibit-from-revilla-malversation-case-1157">asked Moreno to voluntarily inhibit </a>from the case, citing his alleged prejudgment of prosecution witnesses and conduct that created a “perception of partiality.”</p><p>Moreno has yet to release a statement on the motion.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ojFrxHStmzY?si=brPHZEpL87PRNPDO" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Religious groups conducted a prayer rally Wednesday outside the Sandiganbayan to urge Associate Justices Ronald Moreno and Fritz Bryn Anthony Delos Santos to overturn their resolution granting bail to former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in his malversation case.</p>

Religious groups conducted a prayer rally Wednesday outside the Sandiganbayan to urge Associate Justices Ronald Moreno and Fritz Bryn Anthony Delos Santos to overturn their resolution granting bail to former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in his malversation case.

‘Ituwid ang baluktot na desisyon’: Religious groups urge Sandiganbayan justices to reverse ruling granting Revilla bail

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‘Ituwid ang baluktot na desisyon’: Religious groups urge Sandiganbayan justices to reverse ruling granting Revilla bail

Kaxandra Salonga,

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Published August 26, 2026 12:45 PM PHT

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