National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Melvin Matibag said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has done a lot for the country and is very serious about the anti-corruption campaign. He said the President has done a lot of things and it’s a success.

“Well, our President is serious about the campaign against corruption. If you compare it to the previous administrations, he has sent to jail a former senator, two incumbent senators, and a former lawmaker,” Matibag said.

Without mentioning names the NBI Director must be saying about the arrest of former Senator Bong Revilla in connection with the anomalous flood control projects.

Likewise, Senator Jinggoy Estrada returned to jail a third time due also to the flood control projects, while Senator Rodante Marcoleta was also jailed due to campaign contributions that did reflect in his SALN.

Marcoleta’s co-accused in his Sandiganbayan plunder and illegal gift-receiving cases are former Quezon City Representative Michael “Mike” Defensor and businessmen Joseph Varias Espiritu and Aristotle Baluyut Viray.

The charges stem from an allegedly undeclared P75-million campaign donation that Marcoleta received during his 2025 senatorial campaign while serving as a party-list lawmaker.

Matibag said even former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan was charged.

“Very noticeably here, I cannot say that the enemy is being chosen. Because Secretary Bonoan is his secretary. Cabinet Secretary. An alter ego. He appointed him. But when he saw that he needs to be prosecuted, he was prosecuted,” Matibag said.

He added that even his allies in the House of Representatives are also under investigation.

Meanwhile, Bonoan is currently seeking to be dropped from plunder and graft charges after the Office of the Ombudsman accepted his offer to become a state witness.