MANILA: The Philippines Supreme Court yesterday blocked efforts by a senior general facing massive graft charges to enter a plea bargain which would have let him post bail and walk free in a few years, keeping much of the money. The court issued an order which temporarily blocks a special anti-graft court from going ahead with the plea bargain deal involving former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia.
This will give the Supreme Court time to consider a government petition which asks it to intervene in Garcia’s case and possibly to stop the plea bargain, said court spokesman Theodore Te.
