NEWS: SC overturns Sandiganbayan, acquits Imelda in 7 graft cases | Sept. 10, 2026

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2:07SC overturned Sandigan-Bion, a quitsa melda in seven graft cases. The Supreme Court has overturned the Sandigan-Bion's 2018 conviction of former First Lady Melda Marcos on seven counts of graft involving her alleged financial interests in Swiss foundations. The Supreme Court First Division granted Marcos a PLN set aside the Sandigan-Bion's November 9, 2018 decision in seven criminal cases, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The decision, penned by associate Justice Rodel Alameda, was issued on June 10th and released on Wednesday. The court found serious evidentiary and legal flaws in the prosecution's case, particularly its reliance on Swiss documents that were not properly authenticated. It stressed that private documents generally cannot be admitted as evidence unless their authenticity is established. It found that the prosecution failed to sufficiently prove the authenticity and evidentiary value of key documents used to link Marcos to the alleged financial interests. The court also rejected the Sandigan-Bion's characterization of the Swiss foundations as businesses covered by Section 3H of Republic Act 2019. The anti-graphed and corrupt

3:12practices act. The Sandigan-Bion had ruled that the foundations were used to open bank accounts, transfer funds and manage investments for the benefit of the Marcos family, effectively treating them as businesses. The court disagreed, saying the prosecution failed to establish under the applicable Swiss and Lichtenstein laws that the foundations were businesses within the meaning of the anti-graph law. The court noted that some of the foundations were established under Lichtenstein law, while the prosecution relied in part on a journal article discussing Swiss law. It said the prosecution should have presented the applicable foreign laws and demonstrated how those laws applied to the foundations involved in the cases. Douts on the coverage of the term business should be resolved against the state and in favor of the accused appellant, the court said. The court likewise stressed that criminal convictions must rest on admissible and relevant evidence, and that the prosecution carries the burden of proving guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The seven cases involved allegations that Marcos maintained financial or pecuniary interests in private foundations in Switzerland and Lichtenstein while she was a public official. The Sandigan buy-in convicted her in 2018,

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