SENATOR Gringo Honasan on Friday posted a 60,000-peso bail on the two counts of graft charges he is facing for the alleged misuse of his priority development assistance funds.
Region 4-A police director Ma.O Aplasca said Honasan had just completed posting bail, and that booking procedures were earlier conducted at the Biñan City Police Station.
He said the court sheriff will deliver to the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court the bail within the day for appropriate action.
An initial report showed that Honasan went to the Biñan police station around 7:30 a.m. accompanied by his lawyer Dennis Manalo.
He posted his bail after 10 a.m. at the office of Biñan City Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Teodoro Solis as confirmed by his staff. A release order for Honasan was issued by the same court.
Honasan has maintained his innocence on the charges against him for his alleged misuse of P30 million of his PDAF funds in 2012.
“I am completely innocent of the charges against me,” Honasan said in a statement.
“All my life I have fought everything I am accused of, and I will continue to do so,” said the former army colonel who mounted several coup attempts against the administration of President Corazon Aquino.
The Sandiganbayan’s Second Division ordered Honasan arrested for graft after it found probable cause to hold him for trial. A P30,00 bail bond was set for his provisional liberty.
The prosecutors earlier filed two graft information against Honasan for alleged graft.