By Ven Rebo Arigo
The Bohol Chronicle
The Regional Trial Court - Branch 47 (RTC-47) has ordered the arrest and imprisonment of a ranking Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) official entrapped by the police for extorting P20,000 from a co-owner of the Ramasola Superstudio, Inc. here over seven years ago.
No bail was recommended for BIR Group Supervising Examiner Juanito Merencillo who failed in his moves to reverse the decision convicting him of direct bribery, graft and corruption.
RTC-47 Presiding Judge Suceso Arcamo ordered Merencillo's arrest after the 5th Division of the Sandiganbayan remanded to his sala the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) last year junking the revenue officer's appeal.
The SC First Division upheld as early as April 13, 2007 a Sandiganbayan decision affirming Merencillo's conviction by RTC-47 for direct bribery, graft and corruption.
The decision of the High Tribunal had become "final and executory" on August 22, 2007 and recorded in its Book of Entries of Judgment on the same day.
The Sandiganbayan, however, issued a notice of resolution remanding the case to RTC-47 "for execution of judgment" only last January 24.
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