It’s too much to be just a simple coincidence.
Last Friday, Manila RTC Judge Myra Fernandez issued the arrest warrant against Sen. Panfilo Lacson for the murder of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito.
It was revealed last Monday that the Judicial and Bar Council, by a vote of seven out of eight members, recommended her nomination to the Court of Appeals. Sen. Francis Escudero, a JBC member, as head of the Senate Justice committee, was the only one that did not vote for Fernandez.
Supreme Court spokesman Jose Midas Marquez took pains in explaining that Fernandez’ inclusion in the JBC list was not a political payback by Malacañang for the valuable service she has just rendered in issuing a warrant of arrest against Arroyo’s number one nemesis.
Tell that to the Marines (with apologies to the Marines).
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Political twist to Ping’s arrest?
by JP Lopez
Malaya
A few days after Manila RTC Judge Myra Fernandez issued the arrest warrant against Sen. Panfilo Lacson for the Dacer-Corbito slays, the Judicial and Bar Council recommended her nomination to the Court of Appeals.
Sen. Francis Escudero, a JBC member, confirmed Fernandez’ recommendation to CA was approved by the seven out of eight members of the JBC. He said he did not vote for Fernandez.
Escudero said Fernandez was the ninth nominee out of 31 applicants for the three vacant seats at the CA. He refused to comment further on the voting.
The CA vacancies were brought about by the appointment to the Supreme Court of Associate Justices Lucas Bersamin on April 3, 2009 and Mariano del Castillo on July 29, 2009 and the retirement of Justice Monina Zenarosa on Aug. 20, 2009.
Lacson left the country last Feb. 5 to evade what he said was an “evil conspiracy” against him. He accused the Arroyo administration of persecuting him for his criticisms against the administration.
Supreme Court spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said Fernandez’ inclusion in the JBC list was not a political payback.
“I don’t think her inclusion in the JBC list had anything to do with that. She had been interviewed. Her record is clean. She has been one of our outstanding judges. I think she really deserves to be in the shortlist,” he said.
Marquez said Fernandez’ application at the JBC was filed long before the issuance of the warrant of arrest against Lacson and even before the case against him could be filed by the Department of Justice.
Deputy presidential spokesman Gary Olivar branded as “speculation” and “slur” allegations from Lacson’s camp that Fernandez might have been pressured by Justice Secretary Agnes Devandera into issuing the arrest warrant in exchange for the support and approval of her bid to be a justice of the Court of Appeals.
Sen. Rodolfo Biazon urged Lacson to submit himself to judicial processes.
“The Senate I don’t think can be used as a sanctuary by any of its members especially if the offenses being charged against them are non-bailable,” Biazon said.
But Biazon said if the judge would allow “something like a house arrest within the vicinity of the Senate, I think the Senate leadership will be willing to extend that to him.”
Former CBCP president Archbishop emeritus Oscar Cruz said he remains convinced that Lacson is innocent.
Last week, Cruz admitted Lacson had told him of his plans to leave the country.
He said Lacson regularly consults him either by phone or visiting him in his office at the CBCP compound in Intramuros, Manila. – With Evangeline de Vera, Regina Bengco, and Gerard Naval
Ah, now we know why this government suddenly became justice conscious!!!
Laughable! Absolutely, gobsmackingly laughable!
The height of bastusan in the republic — Gloria wants Ping behind bars (for some cooked up charge) because he humiliated her, an ambitious judge comes offering her service and presto — she gets paid in kind, without any discretion, in full bloody daylight, bribery in action.
Bastusan justice, bastusan president, bastusan all…
Shit a brick! And those dimwitted people in the Senate say that Ping should go back home and face his detractors? They gotta be out of their mind — either that or they are shitting Pinoys out of their minds too.
Supreme Court spokesman Jose Midas Marquez took pains in explaining that Fernandez’ inclusion in the JBC list was not a political payback by Malacañang for the valuable service she has just rendered in issuing a warrant of arrest against Arroyo’s number one nemesis.
Tell that to the Marines (with apologies to the Marines).
Echo that a hundred times, Ellen!
It would be more judicious for these effing people to spend their bloody time fixing real problems related to lawlessness in the country than hunting Gloria’s nemesis over some cooked up bogus charge!
Shit on the lot of them… All these people are a waste of precious people’s rations!
To Ping I say — don’t listen to your dimwitted colleagues! Will offer you sanctuary here if you come here. Will make sure you meet the press here and members of EU parliament and some folks at NATO!
“I don’t think her inclusion in the JBC list had anything to do with that. She had been interviewed. Her record is clean. She has been one of our outstanding judges. I think she really deserves to be in the shortlist,” — Supreme Court spokesman Jose Midas Marquez
You say “I don’t think…?” You ain’t sure? Well, just bloody shut up then — gag yourself — if you can’t be sure or categorical that she ain’t in fact been paid in kind! You are wasting precious news ink!
The justice system is a fraternity of gangsters.
Instead of surrendering to Evil, Lacson should organize a potent force to deal with the people that made this country a failure.
Here is one case of murder that will show everyone that the least person to commit is sometimes the Murderer.
This one Murder most horrid will be made into another movie, that is for sure.
But this one, there is no escaping the Hands of the Law.
Breaking news… Read how this case was resolved through painstaking police works.
Trenton commander faces murder charges
Arrest of respected military ‘big shot’ ends hunt for predator and sends shock waves across Ontario.
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/762547–trenton-commander-faces-murder-charges?bn=1
Ellen,
Instead of spending effort, time, money in this idiotic hunt for Ping on some cooked up charge, why don’t our venerable justices and law enforcers exert everything they’ve got in looking/searching for Jonas Burgos?
What idiocy is this government up to again that they spend the little they’ve got on satisfying Gloria’s gagantuan lust for vendetta?
WHERE IS JONAS BURGOS? LOOK FOR JONAS BURGOS! HUNT THE KIDNAPPERS OF JONAS BURGOS!
No wonder the last bastion of democracy is dead in Pinas!
Enough of justifications you morons in the justice system, kill yourselves already. You’ll make Pinas very happy!
Lacson should organize a potent force to deal with the people that made this country a failure. — Sumpit
Very difficult to do that alone. Even Jose Rizal got shot because he was alone against a well-oiled machinery.
kill yourselves already. You’ll make Pinas very happy! — Chi
Love that, Chi!!! Approve! 🙂
Futurists are predicting revolutions to occur all over the world in the next 2-3 years.
I hope we can have one here, too.
I’m impressed at the intensity of the hunt for Lacson. Compare it to the “hunt” for Garci and Jocjoc
Bakit matamlay maghanap ang administrasyon noong si Garci at si Jocjoc ang nagtago?
Naalaala ko na nung si Garci ang nawala hindi naman nagpatulong sa Interpol ang gobyerno. Wala din nilabas na wanted posters na may picture niya. Parang ang ginawa lang ng administrasyon ay magpadala ng message sa mga Embassies natin na hanapin si Garci.
Noon lumabas ang impormasyon na naglanding si Garci sa Singapore sakay ng private jet at pagkatapos sumakay ng commercial airline for London walang ginawa ang Palasyo.
Ni hindi man lamang sumulat ng note verbale sa Singapore government para makakuha ng official confirmation kung pumasok nga si Garci doon, kung anong eroplano ang ginamit, anong serial number. Hindi din tinanong ang Singapore kung anong destination niya mula sa Singapore at anong airline ang sinakyan.
Yun si Jocjoc din hindi pinahanap. Parang kay Garci ang style. Sumulat sa mga foreign posts natin pero ni hindi nagtanong sa America kung nandoon nga siya. Hindi din nagpatulong sa Interpol.
Tignan niyo ang kaso ni Ping. Pinaghahanap pa si Mancao, Michael Ray Aquino, at Dumlao. Binisita pa ng tigapalasyo at nagpaggawa ng affidavit. Humingi pa ng extradiction mula sa amerika.
Maaring guilty nga si Lacson tulad ni Jocjoc at ni Garci. Pero ikumpara natin ang galaw ng Palasyo ukol sa tatlo at makikita natin na si Lacson nasa lugar magtago habang nakpwesto si unano at si taba.
Ngunit, after June 30, kailangan harapin na niya ang mga paratang sa kanya.
This is my fearless forecast. Ping Lacson will NOT dare fly to Europe to seek an audience with NATO. Reason — he will be arrested on sight and proceedings will start to have him deported to Manila.
Ping Lacson will NOT dare fly to Europe to seek an audience with NATO. — Pepito
I guess your right! Reason: Because (I betcha) he’s still in the Philippines.
Besides, he can’t seek audience with NATO if ever he comes here; however, he can seek “audience” with some people at NATO.
Nuance, Pepito, nuance 🙂
We’re cool.
The point I raise is this — Ping Lacson is just a name, while the Government of the Republic of the Philippines is an institution. With that as a view, NATO (as well as governments of North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East) all of them will defer to the Philippines and the Philippine legal system. Despite all the hell that the GMA administration has caused, the Government Republic Philippines remains legitimate in the eyes of the world, and the processes that resulted in the arrest warrant for Ping Lacson will be respected by other countries. Conclusion — Ping Lacson has very few options available to him.
Pepito,
What you say is possible only if Ping uses his real name.
Even if he doesn’t, he doesn’t have to enter a European country via airports or busy ports so Interpol will be hard put to get their hands on him if he decides to take a different route. There are thousands of ways to get into a country in Europe — with Ping’s connections, he will find one easily. He’s got a better reputation than Gloria and her government among many important folks here than Gloria’s friends might think.
Besides, you must consider that most countries in Europe don’t have extradition treaty with the Philippines (they simply can’t trust RP’s justice system). It will be easy for Ping to be welcomed by a barrage of lawyers here and immediately file for injunction in the courts. There’s nothing Interpol can do when that’s done. They must wait.
Legitimate govt or not, without a legal/extradition treaty, the courts will not even look at the Philippine arrest warrant (it would be considered a tad better than the toilette paper it could have been written on).
Ping may be arrested but to extradite him? Will be a big, big, big enterprise — I assure you, won’t be an easy task.
(Why do you think Joma Sison is laughing his ass out at Gloria and her kind? RP can’t get him to Pinas despite a standing arrest warrant for mureder! No extradition treaty with The Netherlands — no extradition treaty, arrest warrants go straight to the bin! 🙂 )
Not as easy as RP folks think it’s gonna be just because Pinoys have been bamboozled by headline news that Interpol — yeah, octopussy Interpol, can do miracles. They can do miracles but Pinas can’t! End of story.
As to deferring to the Philippine legal system, let me tell you, while EU justice is obliged to deal with every single known justice system of every banana republic in the world — Pinas included, they’d be happy not to have to deal with RP’s legal system. They know it’s crap most of the time.
(Why do you think the EU pours loads of money to help upgrade RP’s justice system (and to think that’s EU taxpayers’ money, my tax money, my neigbour’s tax money, my dog sitter’s, etc.!!!!)
And Pepito, all Ping’s got to have is a couple of EU MP for friends and believe me, Gloria will have to crawl to get him…
The whole world may defer to RP and its institutions but certainly won’t defer to the whims of Gloria… I can assure you that.
There are many in the EU parliament who don’t like her (or her friends) at all.
And this news article/blogs post by Ellen is circulated freely among those potential friends of Ping’s — you can’t begin to imagine how they might shudder at the thought that the very judge who issued the arrest warrant is immediately nominated to Court of Appeals!
Whoa! Aren’t we glad we’ve got Malaya News and Ellen!
Anna:
Ping is not in RP. He is somewhere out there using a different identity. He has prepared for this eventuality a long time ago. He is way smarter than other people think he really is. Would u really think he would have taken on the Dorobos without a fallback position? And people kept on underestimating him all these years, yet are dumbfounded how he was able to gather all those dirt against the Pidals? That could only be possible through the networks and contacts in and out of the country that he had established all those years spent in intelligence work. You bet the morons in the NBI and PNP wont be able to lay their hands on him til a new admin is in place.
Henry,
I believe you. Totally agree that he’s got a network of friends and allies abroad and those “bet the morons in the NBI and PNP wont be able to lay their hands on him til a new admin is in place.”
NBI is just full of shit and yabang making press releases here and there that all the world’s police are on Gloria’s side looking for Lacson. Nagpapatawa sila!
They provide Gloria what the bitch wants to hear. Meron din silang reward na instant promotion.
Malayo kay Ping yang mistah nyang si Gringo. Pang Pinas lang ang playground ng huli. Typical infantry camouflage and concealment lang ang tanging naipayo nya kay Ping. Di nya alam deep cover and deception ang pinaghandaan ng isa. . .hehehe
Ping been ahead a hundred steps before those paid crooks make thier moves,networks and contacts are best tools for evading,your hunters,he’s oriented on escape and evasion thru military training.Look at Capt. Faeldon do they have any ideas the whereabout bokya sila,Si Kuya GXXXXXXGO, ang mahilig ng pag pogie,di nadale siya napilyan pa.As long as PING,won’t be mingling like those hungyangos and dreaming to have post in the gov’t.Beware MR.Cleanman,THE WORST ENEMY ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND SOMETIMES!!!!
They provide Gloria what the bitch wants to hear. — Chi
Agree completely!
A man like Ping is deadliest when cornered, Ping’s enemies have more reason to fear him more now. gma and her lap dogs like Judge Myra Fernandez better beware!
Ang gobyernong to handang gawin ang lahat para mapatahimik si Lacson! nung pinauwi si Mancao at Dumlao, malamang ang naging kabayaran ay yung pagkakaabswelto ng US soldier na rapist at ang VFA…
Napakalaki talga ng takot nila kay Lacson!
But Biazon said if the judge would allow “something like a house arrest within the vicinity of the Senate, I think the Senate leadership will be willing to extend that to him.”
Sorry, Biason. I don;t think so. Magkaiba ang kaso ni erap at mga magdalo sa kaso ni Lacson. Kaya huwag asahan bibigyan si Lacson ng magandang selda!
Love movie thrillers, and most of the time the ending is not what I’ve predicted prior to the show. This case might belong in that guessing game, but my personal view here are:
– the clumsiness of all the law enforcements involved and Gluerilla’s regime for not keeping a tight leash for someone facing two possible murder charges (if true)
– if I recall, Ping did the same Houdini act a few years ago but nothing happened when he surfaced out which to me was a complete mockery
– either the government has a case against him or none at all, instead of reviving an old case when you feel like
– only in da pilipins
– maybe he is in Tawi-tawi
– something is wrong here, parang may pakulo
Ping Lacson: Wanted.
Sobra na ito. Nakapaskil ang mga larawan ni Sonlac na parag isang pusakal na kriminal samantalang ‘yung kina Jocjoc Bulate at Garce ay hindi man lamang nasilayang ng publiko.
Hindi nga bias ang administrasyong ito. Meron lang tinititigan na iba sa tinitingnan.
Patas naman daw ang magkabilang mata nila sa pagsilip sa katarungan, eh. ‘Yung nakapikit ay para sa mga kakosa at ‘yung nakamulat nakasipat sa mga kakontra.
Putanginang mga ‘yan!
IF the NBI is counting on the Interpol to help them capture Lacson, they’ll be frustrated.
The Interpol are so busy these days for some far more important missions.
Yeah, Ping Lacson is not the “center of gravity” for the Interpol, hehehe. Sorry na lang si Gloria.
I think all this talk about Interpol connections is for local consumption. Pasikat lang ba.
can you blame Gloria for making pasikat? putot kasi kaya kailangan niyang itaas ang kanyang sarili..hiramin na lang kaya niya ang sapatos ni Kris na mas mataas ba kay Gloria!
I do think you’re spot on Ellen… Gloria the evil queen of pasikat!
Anong mukha ang ihaharap nila sa Interpol? Last time na umattend tayo ng annual convention ng Interpol, dalawang heneral ng PNP ang nakulong sa Russia sa money laundering, tapos ngayon ang lakas ng loob na magpasikat ha. Hahaha!
Sige nga, puro lang kayabangan. Andiyan lang sa Hong Kong si Ping, special guest ng British Ambassador. Pakihuli nga, dali!
Last time na umattend tayo ng annual convention ng Interpol, dalawang heneral ng PNP ang nakulong sa Russia sa money laundering, tapos ngayon ang lakas ng loob na magpasikat ha.
Oo nga pala! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
MPRivera – February 10, 2010 2:22 pm
Ping Lacson: Wanted.
Sobra na ito. Nakapaskil ang mga larawan ni Sonlac na parag isang pusakal na kriminal
Sensya na, hindi ko talga mapigil magmura! Punyeta talgang gobyerno to! VACC ang nagpaskil nyan, kasama ung anak ni Dacer at councel ni Mancao!
May ginagawa ba tong VACC sa Ampatuan Case?
Marquez said Fernandez’ application at the JBC was filed long before the issuance of the warrant of arrest against Lacson and even before the case against him could be filed by the Department of Justice.
Naka plano nga nga ang lahat eh… kaya hindi kailngan maglabas muna ng arrest warrant bago promotion. Malakas lang talga pang-amoy ni Idol Ping, kaya nga umalis na din agad before pa nai-file ung case!
Pati ba nman to si Marquez?! At bakit si Marquez ang nagpapaliwanag… ano kinalaman niaya o ng SC sa desisyon ng JBC?
Anong mukha ang ihaharap nila sa Interpol?
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