Ang tapang naman ng apog nitong si Senior State Prosecutor, Juan Pedro Navera magreklamo sa desisyun ni Pangulong Aquino na magbigay ng amnestiya sa mga sundalong nanindigan sa illegal na administrasyon ni Gloria Arroyo.
Kasama sa nabigyan ng amnestiya si Senador Antonio Trillanes IV na hanggang ngayon ay nakakulong pa. Mga 300 na opisyal at enlisted men ang sakop ng amnestiya kasama na rin sina Maj.Gen. Renato Miranda, Brig.Gen. Danilo Lim, at Col. Ariel Querubin.
Ang amnestiya ay magpawalang halaga kung sakaling magdesisyun sa Oktubre 28 si Judge Oscar Pimentel na “guilty” sina Trillanes at mga lider ng Magdalo ng “kudeta” sa nangyari noong Hulyo 27, 2003 sa Oakwood Hotel sa Makati kung saan binulgar nila corruption sa military kasama na ang pagbenta ng mga armas at bala sa kalaban na siyang ginagamit para patayin sila.
Kung “not guilty” naman ang magiging desisyun ni Pimentel, di mabuti. Swak sa amnestiya.
Nagpuputok ang butse ni Navera dahil pitong taon daw niyang pinaghirapan ang kaso. Tama pitong taon siyang galamay ng administrasyong umuusig sa mga nanindigan sa katotohanan at lumalaban sa pagbabastos ng Constitution. At pinagyayabang pa niya yun.
Ang nakakapagtaka ay nagsalita na ang Pangulo, nagdadaldal pa itong ni Navera.Kung ang kanyang amo, si Justice Secretary Leila de Lima ay hindi na nga nagreklamo, siya ang lakas ng loob.
Ilegal ba ang ginawa ng Pangulo? Wala namang sinabi si Navera na ilegal. Kung iba ang opinyun niya, at hindi siya sumasang-ayon, umalis siya. Akala mo naman magaling na abugado.
Dito lang nagpapakita na kahit napalitan ang hepe ng DOJ ng matino (ang layo naman ni de Lima kay dating Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales at kay Secretary Agra), hawak pa rin ng mga bata ni Arroyo ang departamento na tinawag ng abogadong si Frank Chavez na “Department store of justice”.
Nabulgar ang bentahan ng kaso sa DOJ sa kaso ng Alabang Boys. Naala-ala natin ang buong tapang ni binulgar ni Major Ferdinand Marcelino ng siya ay sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.Di ba nagkampihan sila noon?
Itong kaso ng Ampatuan sundan namaigi dahil mukhang ang usap-usapan ay sadyang pinapalpak. Nabuking nang inalis ni dating Secretary Agra si Zaldy Ampatuan, dating gubernador ng ARMM at kapatid ng principal suspek na si Andal Ampatuan Jr. sa listahan ng mga akusado. Ibinalik na lang ng nagwala ang taumbayan.
Kawawa nga si de Lima dahil talagang matino siya at masipag. Hindi naman niya maaring basta-basta pagtatanggalin ang mga hindi matinong prosecutor dahil prutektado ng civil service.
Marami ang nagiging biktima ng kawalang hustisya nang panahon ni Arroyo kung saan baluktot na pamamalakad ang umiiral. Unti-uting nang itinutuwid ito ni Aquino.
Itong mga katulad ni Navera ay gusto pa ring manatili sa baluktot. Tanggalin na nga yan. Sayang ang pera nga taumbayan na sinisweldo sa kanya.
The amnesty awarded to Trillanes is not illegal. Pero binastos rin ni Trillanes ang Constitution di ba?
Triallanes should be dealt with the full extent of the law. Just because he is young, idealistic, and has “right” opinion doesn’t put him above the law. Mag-isip naman kayo. Our country has suffered many years of emotion-driven politics already.
You always complain about our ‘broken’ justice system, but make no attempt to fix it. What you do is break it even further.
Si Navera, isa sa taga-kahol ni Gloria, tadyakan kasi dapat ang mga ganyan. Tingnan ni de Lima kung meron nilabag sa tungkulin, sampahan ng kaso sa CSC.
Simple lang ang solution para kay De Lima. Huwag niyang bigyan ng assignment yung mga gago. Mag-hire siya ng bago – yung hindi mukhang cheke (negotiable).
Kung may nakaharang na prosecutor na nakaluklok, gawin ang tinatawag ni Lawrence J. Peter (The Peter Principle) na lateral promotion. Mag-imbento ng ibang division – Research Division, Malacanang Liaison Division, etc., at doon italaga ang mga negotiable. Hayun wala na sa frontlines, at puwede ka nang maglagay ng bago.
Ganyan ang ginawa ng aking Boss sa isang government agency. Mayroong matanda, tamad, at naghihintay na lang na mag-retire na abogado. So gumawa ng research division, at si tanda ang manager. So yung mga young and hungry to prove themselves ang humarap sa mga kaso sa korte.
I-freezer lahat yan, at ang mga bata mo ang pahawakin ng mga kaso. The assignment of cases is the absolute prerogative of the Boss, so hindi puwedeng ireklamo yan sa Civil Service or anywhere else.
Si Gloria Arroyo ang nambastos sa Constitution.She grabbed power in 2001 and she cheated in 2004. She rewarded those who helped install her, without the people’s mandate, with lucrative positions. She allowed them to make money as in Abalos brokering a telecom contract.
What Trillanes and company did was bring to national consciousness, in a dramatic manner, the anomalies going on in the military. Yes, they violated military rules and they submitted themselves to the courts (even if Malacanang violated the agreement that only officers would be charged and that it would only be in the military court).
They were imprisoned for 7 years. Sobra-sobra na ang punishement.
Gloria Arroyo and her husband and their cohorts with all the crimes they committed against the Filipino people have not spent a minute in prison.
@Ellen,
Selective ka rin pala. She grabbed power in 2011, courtesy of Hilario Davide, now PNoy’s top dog on the Truth Commission and the people that put Aquino in power, including his own family.
What Trillanes could have done without spitting on the Constitution is resign from the military and get involved in mainstream politics, like become a Senator.
Oops, 2001 instead of 2011
I’ll bet Oscar Pimentel will steal the thunder from the President, adopt Ernesto Francisco’s arguments, and acquit the accused.
I will not be surprised if the court-martial follows suit.
Mali kung mali, pero pinatawad na ng taumbayan si Trillanes.
The ballot was the pardon. That to me, carries more weight than the pardon or amnesty of the President, who merely represents the people. That to me, also ends the debate as to whether it was right or wrong. We cannot be more Catholic than the Pope.
This amnesty, or Oscar Pimentel’s acquittal is a belated recognition of the people’s will.
“The assignment of cases is the absolute prerogative of the Boss, so hindi puwedeng ireklamo yan sa Civil Service or anywhere else.” – sax
Simply lang, diba? Matagal ng paraan yan and is used in situations popular and notorious cases.
Actually, maraming hindi sangayon sa amnesty dahil parang nagshortcut na lang at hindi nabigyan ng kaukulang ‘day in court’ ang magdalo na as you can see mutineers ang tawag. Ang dapat mangyari ay maabsuwelto sila, maparusahan ang mga kurakot at maalis ang taguriang mutineers sa kanila.
The ballot was the pardon? That’s kind of stretching it a bit. Maybe a vote against Gloria, but calling it a pardon on Trillanes is an unorthodox view of suffrage. We can just abolish the courts and have trial by publicity.
Why not amend the Constitution so that military incursion into politics is legal? The provision is useless after all.
It’s a good thing you said that Navera is fronting for Fadullon. That’s true.
Daang baluktot lang ang alam nila nyan dadaanan. Maliligaw ang mga yan kapag dumaan sa daang matuwid.
It was Fadullon who told De Lima, which relayed to the President,who said that it was too late to re-investigate the case of Sen. Ping Lacson. Even if the case is only in it’s initial state, Fadullon said that the matter is already with the courts.
Vote against Gloria? Maybe that is the motive. But whether a father chooses his disowned son as his representative to spite his oldest son, or does it in recognition of the formerly disowned son’s representation skills, the choice is inconsistent with punishment.
Same with the vote on Trillanes. Now there were other candidates to vote as a means to spite Gloria. But Trillanes was chosen.
Now as to the courts, they are also representative of the people. Once in a while, the people choose to speak directly, instead of through their representatives. That is the basis of Cory’s people power government, and also the Glue’s ouster of Erap.
But how many were there in the streets? And not all of them were there for the same reason. Even Ambassador Stephen Bosworth was there, nagmimiron.
But the active intent to write Trillanes’ name in the ballot is a clear choice of him as a representative, thereby implying the choice not to punish.
I agree, that the courts are the way to resolve this, but the once in a while direct voice of the people cannot be ignored by mere representatives.
My lawyer friend said Fadullon is wrong in both the Trillanes and Lacson cases because the prosecution of criminal cases remains with the executive no matter what stage the criminal case is in.
He said even if the case were already submitted for decision, still a manifestation from the executive that the charges are frivolous and politically motivated would send a signal to a co-equal branch that the accused may have been a victim of injustice.
Part of the executive’s power and obligation is to implement and enforce all laws.
With the change of Cesar Mancao’s testimony, that would have made an impact on the court if the case were re-investigated.
Agree Al # 16 and 17. That was the basis for Eric Holder’s motion to dismiss the indictment against Senator Stevens, even after a conviction. Dismissal was sought because there was prosecutorial misconduct.
Now maybe Stevens was really guilty. But the government, which enforces the law, cannot break the law. Heck, even if the government does not break the law, it cannot engage in unethical behavior.
If you try to achieve justice by unjust means, is there really justice?
# 17
Change in Mancao’s testimony? You know something we don’t?
# 14
Ganyan din yung kay Gringo, as mastermind. In fact, mayroon na ding warrant of arrest. Yet a reinvestigation was allowed, and siRaulo found lack of probable cause.
maybe NFA is hoping against hope that his Gloria was a legal president? where have you been?
Gloria should be exposed to what she really is, she should be made to pay for her crimes…let us not stop hounding her, remind everybody what she did…if it were not for principled officers where would we be now?
as i said a lot earlier, this judge was already taken cared of by GLoria a long time ago, amnesty was the only way…
Wasn’t it her lapdog winston garcia who said the judiciary was very corrupt especially during gloria’s time?
you better watch out gloria, trillanes is coming to town? whats next? lacson?
nfa, este luli, malapit na kayong magbakasyon sa hawaii… 🙂
On a related subject, here’s a piece from Herman Tiu Laurel:
Remember the “Alabang Boys” drug and bribery case involving state prosecutor John Resado? Remember the shit that hit the Department of Justice (DoJ) fan in 2009 when Resado was accused by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) of illegally releasing drug suspects Richard Brodett, Jorge Joseph and Joseph Tecson because of purported “defects” in PDEA’s case?
The DoJ prosecutors at that time rallied around Resado. The two agencies then traded charges. Government was thus compelled to conduct an independent investigation, where it found a suspicious, unsatisfactorily explained P800,000 deposit in Resado’s account on the same day he signed that infamous resolution.
Good thing someone pursued the Alabang Boys and Resado cases. PDEA agent Maj. Ferdinand Marcelino at that time impressed the nation by standing up to the browbeating of then DoJ Chief Raul Gonzalez and other DoJ top brass.
…So, what’s up with this Resado? All forgotten?
Kahit ano pa ang sabihin niyo …. tama lang ang ginawa ni Noynoy. Kung talagang desidido ang rehimeng kulimbat noon … sa tinagal tagal ang kaso ng mga magigiting na kawal …. noon pa dapat tinapos na ang kaso. Pero ano ang pinag-gagawa nila …. pinaglalaruan lang ng mga tangnang mga dupang ang buhay at pamilya nitong mga sundalong sangkot.
Ngayong binigyan sila ng amnestiya … sasabihin nilang … lalabas na ang resulta bakit hindi na lang hinintay ….. mga gago talaga yang mga abogagong ayaw sa ginawa ni Noynoy.
Ang tanong ko sa mga kakusa ko na kontra …. nasaan … nasaan … ang hustisya noon???????
Ano na nga pala ang nangyari doon sa sundalo na nakulong dahil sa pamimigay niya ng CD ni Erap?
bakit kaya me nag bubulag bulagan na bloggers dito.mag pa ka toto ka nga at gumising, wala na yatang pinaka walanghiya, na hindi lang nag dura kundi sinukahan ang ating constitution na walang iba kung hindi si GMA at mga kabig niya, walang ibang na nindigan kundi ang grupo nila trillanes upang ilabas ang kawalanghiyaan ni GMA.. at kung sino kaman na nag dudunung dunungan sana ikaw ay hindi iyong mga kapit tuko sa administrasyong GMA.. sana hindi ikaw si joker o si lagman, na hangang ngayon ay hibang pa rin at hindi matanggap na wakas na sila..!!
Marami pang mga sundalo ang nakakulong dahil sa pulitika. Huwag naman may magagalit pero dapat isama na din ang mga nakakulong na sundalo na nabintangan may kinalaman sa pagpatay kay Ninoy. I believe not all the accused were guilty.
Itong administrasyon ABNOY bumabawi lang kay gloria arroyo sa ginawang pagpapalaya ng mga sundalong sangkot sa assassination kay lolo ninoy. Hindi rin katwiran yung sinabi ni edwin lacierda na kaya pinalaya itong mga Magdalo para wala ng magkukudeta… Hoy edwin lacierda ikaw gay may utak! Hindi ninyo kontrolado ang mga militar kaya ingat kayo sa mga nagiging desisyon ninyo. Dahil inutil ang administrasyon ngayon.
#25… Hindi pa wakas ang dating PGMA. Malakas pa rin yan lalo na itong administrasyon abnoy walang mga talino puro mga training sa malakanyang. Hindi ako maka gloria at lalong hindi ako maka abnoy.
Kung meron mang nagbubulag bulagan dito siguro yung maka administrasyon abnoy na walang alam gawin kundi puro dakdak dahil mapurol ang utak.
Igan, kung hindi ka maka-Glorya at hindi ka rin maka-Noynoy … sa gitna ka lang …….. tumahimik ka na lang muna. Mag-iingay ka na lang pagdating ng 2016.
Parehas mo rin ako Igan at alam ni Igang Henry yan …. pero kung saan ako panig … siyempre doon na ako sa alam kung medyo malinis pa kahit sabi mo nga mapurol ang utak at puro dakdak lang. Yon lang …. 🙂
#29… kaw nalang ang tumahimik pards hindi ko need ang advise mo pwee…. hindi mo makakain ang malinis na administrasyon at lalong hindi uunlad ang economy kung ang mga nakaupo mapupurol ang utak. Anyway malinis ba ang administrasyon abnoy!? hehehe lahat ng nasa government officials magnanakaw yan. bakit magnanakaw! sa liit ng sahod nila makakapagpagawa ng bahay at makakabili ng mga luxury cars… doon mo nalang makikita kung saan kinukuha ung pera nila.
Tedanz, dapat mo bang ipagyabang sa mga foreigners ang isang presidente kung araw araw silang nagbabasa ng jaryo at nakikita mga pictures ng ating mga kababayan na nasa squatters, larawan na nasa nitcho na ginawang kuwarto! ask nila sa amin ganito ba ang pinas ngayon after election!? hehehe nakakahiya diba!… ang government walang reaction dito at plano. nagko concentrate lang sila sa mga budget next year kung pano nila maibulsa.
sa 100 days meron siyang nagawa! meron yung break up nila ni soledad… pang showbiz ang administrasyon natin.
Tedanz:
Naku yan ang matinding pagkakamali mo at may pinansin ka diyan. Ikaw lang yata ang pumansin kaya hayan, kinagat ka tuloy. lol 😛
Tedanz, dapat mo bang ipagyabang sa mga foreigners ang isang presidente kung araw araw silang nagbabasa ng jaryo at nakikita mga pictures ng ating mga kababayan na nasa squatters, larawan na nasa nitcho na ginawang kuwarto!
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kaya naman pala eh…kahit naman siguro sa US may ganyan din “homeless” … ikay kasi destroyer, lumipat ka na lang ng tirahan huwag diyan sa “nitso” ayan, nakodakan ka tuloy 🙂
lahat ng nasa government officials magnanakaw yan.
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sigurado ka ba dito? 🙂
destroyer,
yung kunan mo ng picture ay yung mga bahay ni Gloria, isama mo na pati bahay ni Mikee Arroyo dyan sa tate.
talaga naman, kung nakatayo ka pala sa liko ng elepante tapos pinadescribe sa yo ang dambuhala, sasabihin mong isang malaking puwet ito! bobo! 🙂
destroyer,
huwag lang kasi dakdak nang dakdak lang… 🙂
Fewer go hungry, feel poor
Affected families, however, still number in the millions
FEWER FILIPINO FAMILIES claim to have experienced hunger or feel poor but their numbers remain in the millions, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed
http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=19646
Sayang,ang ipnakaloob ng dakilang lumikha ang mahiwagang bagay sa isang “TAO”,ang talino kung ito ay gagamitin sa makitid na pananaw,kung ihahambing ang isang daan araw sa siyam na taon,malalaman ang isang hunghang ay makitid din ang pagiisp.MARAMING ang dapat magbago sa mahigit na siyam na taon,subalit di natin makikita sa isang daan araw lamang,kung ang BASURANG,ginawa ng inidilong hunghang ay hahanapin ng isang makitid ang pag-iisip.Marahil na nalilipasan ng GUTOM ang isang hunghang,dahil nawalang ng pagkikitaan sa BALUKTOT na daan kaya wala ng pagkukunan ng DILEHENSIYA sa madaliaan makukunan ng pamatid gutom sa kanyang sikmura.
Pootah! Pwet lang ang elepante, hahaha!
henry,
Ang mga asong kahol ng kahol, nagugutom na! Huwag mong kakantiin baka mangagat. Kaya itong si Sniper ko, hindi ko pinakakain hanggang di ko naririnig kumahol. Yun ang palatandaan ng gutom.
Seriously, This Navera is one hungry mongrel an may soon die of starvation. He is complaining about losing all those SEVEN YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHING NOTHING? How much is your retainer with Putot? Aha! Magugutom ka na nga pag na-amnesty!
OFF TOPIC: (Sorry, can’t help it after watching)
Cheche Lazaro’s show last night was about Hubert Webb and to me it looks like an injustice to both the Vizcondes and the Webbs. What struck me most was the order of the SC allowing for the DNA test on the sperm found on the daughter is allegedly missing. The NBI earlier said that the specimen was being kept in its best condition. This was at the time the court rejected the idea of DNA sampling since it was not available yet. Now they are pointing fingers at the prosecutors and the prosecutors are pointing back.
My God, Hubert has been languishing in jail for FIFTEEN YEARS. His demeanor has changed from that of a refined young man born to an elite family, now he looks and sounds like just anyone of his smelly kakosas – no finesse whatsoever – he even sports the Sige-Sige Sputnik tattoo.
Now here’s this piece of evidence can finally put to rest any and all doubts about the real rapist/murderer and the fucking NBI suspiciously loses it!
This is the kind of stuff that brings the countless Insp. Rolando Mendozas out there out of the system. The show was very depressing, watch it once its uploaded on YouTube.
Tongue, makiki-ride na rin ako sa O.T. mo. I agree with you with regards to the injustices done to both the Vizcondes and the Webbs. I’ve been into heated debates with friends and colleagues regarding this issue and I’ve always maintained that Hubert Webb is innocent and that drug addict “star witness” Jessica Alfaro is a farce.
TT:
LOL 🙂
Ang pitong taon pag kakulong nila ay sapat na parusa sa kanila at Pinag laban nila ang mali kaso sila ang nakulong dahil baliktad ang Gobyerno natin noon kay Pandak.
Pitong taon di umu usad ang kaso nila.
Okey na sa akin ang bigyan sila ng amnestiya dahil pati ang pamilya nila nag dusa rin.
Cheche Lazaro Presents: Dalawang Mukha ng Hustisya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUWy3yylVUU
Sundan ang pito pang mga karugtong sa pamamagitan ng pag-press ng “number of videos” button (sa pagitan ng “manilynvictoriano” at “Subscribe” buttons) sa ibabaw ng video window.
“Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was not elected, she cheated her way to the elections. Therefore she had no legitimate claim to the Office of the President, she was a mere usurper, inagaw niya ninakaw niya ang opisina ng pagka-Presidente. Therefore it was incumbent upon the officer of the armed forces to remove the usurper who had no legitimate claim on the office of the presidency. They were acting therefore in compliance and not in defiance of the Constitution,” – Sen. Guingona
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct1910/news_story3.htm
re webb, why can’t they open up the case again? if is justice we want, why stop looking for it?
and why give the corrupt and powerful so much leeway like Gloria here? this is not mere heresay, why do these self proclaimed legal luminaries like joker and miriam act as her defense attorneys still? and this joker has the gall to call other lawyers less legal minds? who is he by the way? is he that good really?
eh sinong mga magagaling na lawyers para sa kanila? yung nasa “the firm?” yung mga nagmaneobra para lumalabas na legal kuno ang mga ginagawa ni Gloria?
if the “truth commission” is nothing really for them, why attack it? why not let it do its job?
…and while we’re at it, why not find the truth about the visconde massacre?
Jug:
The truth about the Vizconde massacre is clear as sky. It’s only the judge (Tolentino) and the CA who seems to be looking the other way. 😛
tatlo ang batch ng mga suspects sa vizconde massacre, ang una ay ang grupo ng mga akyat bahay sa pamumuno ni ben baydo, ang pangalawa ay ang mga pulis ng paranaque at ang pangatlo ay sina hubert webb. ang nag imbestiga sa unang batch ay paranaque pulis ginawang fall guy sina ben baydo. ang pangalawang batch ay ako ang nag imbestiga pero binitawan ko kasi ang witness sa unang batch ay siya ring witness sa pangalawang batch. dahil tinanggihan ko ang kaso ay tinanggal ako sa unit (rpiu) ko. kasama ko noon si pros. gregorio arizala sa imbestigasyon. pareho kami ng pananaw na ang second batch ang responsable sa krimen pero mahina ang kaso.
tama si tongue kaya may rolando mendoza atbp ay dahil sa bulok na sistema, sa madaling salita walang hustisya sa bansa natin. ano ang ilalaban ng pulis sa kaso lalo naat dismiss ka na kahit pa nga hindi ka pa dismiss. ang nakakalungkot, ang pinagtutuunan ng pansin ay kapalpakan ng pnp sa pag resolve sa nangyaring krimen. sana ang tingnan ay tama ba ang ginawa kay mendoza hinggil sa kaso nito.
# 24 tedandz: Ano na nga pala ang nangyari doon sa sundalo na nakulong dahil sa pamimigay niya ng CD ni Erap?
Lt Raymundo was acquitted of conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman and other offenses. I can’t recall now. But he was found guilty of disrespect of an officer. He wanted to fight this out ecause he did not want a blot in his records but his career has suffered a lot. Pina-Diyos na niya yun.
He is back in service. I think he is assigned in Marines Armory.
If you search for his name in this blog, I think I reported on his acquittal most of the accusations except one.
I also believe Hubert Webb is innocent.
I also sense something not quite right with Visconde (the Probe people who did the interview also sensed it) especially because he is with the group of Dante Jimenez who supported Mike Arroyo.
yes, hubert webb is innocent, he was here in usa when that crimes happen, he was in el toro ca, while we are in lake forest, that time i do see him here from time to time..i think what happen to hubert was a sacrificial lamb, because his father was a politician and that time the most powerful man is tabako, and his group hates or doesn`t like senator webb, same as what happen to that mayor in laguna who was frame up of rape and murder and so is jalosjos who was convicted of rape.. ganyan kabagsik ang grupo ni tabako pag hindi ka nila gusto noon.. and i believe, that is tabako`s signature..and GMA copied it..!!!
On Hubert Webb, I posted this months earlier:
ellentordesillas.com/?p=10637
The Supreme Court finally allowed the DNA testing requested by Hubert Webb in 1997. If you will recall, Webb was convicted on the testimony of one sole witness – the drug-soaked Jessica Alfaro.
abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/04/23/10/supreme-court-oks-semen-test-hubert-webb
Hubert had asked the courts for a DNA test to compare his semen with those gathered from the crime scene, but he was repeatedly rebuffed.
It was only in 2007 when the Supreme Court accepted DNA tests as “admissible evidence” in court cases.
Really? What short memories Your Honors. What about the case of People of the Philippines v. Gerrico Vallejo Samartino?
lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2002/may2002/gr_144656_2002.html
The swabs were taken from the cadaver in 1999, and the en banc decision was rendered Per Curiam? Wasn’t DNA evidence admitted in that case? So as early as 1999, two years after Webb, DNA evidence was already being used.
Really now. Check this out:
innocenceproject.org/Content/Steven_Barnes.php
The crime occurred in 1989. The first DNA testing in 1996 was inconclusive, because of the technology then. Retesting was done in 2008, 19 years after, and it yielded an exoneration.
If the sample is contaminated, it will only add the DNA of the person handling the evidence. It will not erase the DNA already existing – that of the perpetrator.
It is possible that the DNA testing will prove Hubert Webb did it after all. It is also possible that the test will exonerate Webb. But the foot-dragging of the Supremes is a denial of due process – for both Webb and the State.
Oh, and now that the Supremes have suddenly realized the realibility of DNA testing, can they explain why there is probable cause to indict those men in the Dacer-Corbito case? After the testing proved negative for human DNA? (The testing was done only months after the alleged crime.) The bones were also determined to be from animal skulls.
Looks like selective justice to me.
Oh and in the book “The Jesus Dynasty”, it states that DNA tests are being conducted on the bones found in ossuaries (box of bones) in Israel, to determine if the individuals are related.
One supposedly is Mary’s, and the other that of Jesus. Now your Christian scruples may rail against this, but just focus on the DNA angle. Scientists can actually take bones buried for 2,000 years and determine if they are mother and son.
DNA ni Hubert nawawala ng NBI? Pa-testing ulit! Kawawa naman, prime life spends in prison. I believe he was made a tool for someone’s big promotion in court.
My curiosity is piqued, got down to google, there it is now, I posted it in my blog Cheche Lazaro’s Dalawang Mukha ng Hustisya. It’s a difficult case, admittedly. But if I were Cheche Lazaro, I will hunt down Jessica Alfaro likewise. It’s her testimony after all which got Hubert.
#54 .. thanks ellen
The reason why Hubert was pinned down has something to do with Sen Webb’s investigation of the 11 Indian nationals involved in drug trafficking. The said Indians who was detained inside NBI cells suddenly disappeared. NBI ang lead agency investigating the Visconde case.
“Partly because of my being in politics, my son got caught in the middle,” he finally said. “There were Indian nationals who were developing drugs in Las Piñas City, They were caught by the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) and were locked up. I accidentally discovered a plan to free them and I exposed it. The investigation led back to their financier who has connections high up in the government. They got back at me through Hubert.” – Sen. Webb
SNV:
When the SC ordered the NBI to produce the sample taken from the victim’s body, what happens then if it couldn’t be found or got lost? Should the SC then acquit Webb since the mere fact that the SC wanted the DNA samples tested is because they want to prove beyond reasonable doubt the guilt of Hubert? Or is it like: “Sorry di na mahanap ang ebidensya kaya kalaboso ka nalang habang buhay.” ?!?!
This news only got my attention since my best friend’s name is Gerard Webb of Santa Rosa NC California, and I jokingly told him “hey your relative in the Philippines is in trouble”.
At that time, what irked me most was the defense not aggresively pursuing the timeline; i.e. passport stamps of arrivals/departures in Pinas and US. Heck, if Hubert was in the states and the crime happened while he was skiing (or whatever he was doing in America)in Lake Tahoe, Nevada; he should had been exonerated.
“eh sinong mga magagaling na lawyers para sa kanila? yung nasa “the firm?” yung mga nagmaneobra para lumalabas na legal kuno ang mga ginagawa ni Gloria?” – jug
Joke muna about a lawyer named Jose Manuel Aroyco:
Jose M. Aroyco was driving on the highway when he noticed a huge crowd in an intersection and stopped. With his urge to get into the thick of the action, he arrogantly shouted “I’m a relative of the victim!!” Without hesitation, the people in the crowd easily made way for him to get through. There he saw a bloodied and helpless dying pig in front of him which was bumped by a truck.
@saxnviolinx #15,
How many voted for Trillanes? Is that the majority of the Filipino people, let alone constitute the “voice” of the Filipino people?
Again, I have not known anyone else claiming that Trillanes gaining a Senate seat is a sign of forgiveness. We have had crooks voted in office.
Selective amnesia. I know there was cheating in the 2004 elections. But, she was declared the President anyway. Nothing we could do about it. Ramos won in 1992 because of power outages. Santiago protested but eventually left politics for a while.
And who legitimized Gloria’s grab of power from Joseph Estrada again?
Luli, ehe, NFA rice,sino ba ang bumoto kay bansot? Di ba ninakaw lang niya ang kanyang trono? Mas di hamak namang marami ang TUNAY na boto ni Trillanes!
parasabayan,
Gloria 2001 was legitimized by none less than Hilario Davide and the same people that put Aquino2 in power. Oakwood mutiny happened before the infamous 2004 presidential polls. In other words, Trillanes is guilty of coup against a legitimate government.
# 63
Mike:
You have a point there. I have reviewed the US precedents and will post later. The government faces sanctions, if exculpatory evidence is lost.
— NFA rice
Well, Trillanes was voted by 11 million people and declared a senator and there was nothing Gloria the bitch could do about it. So strong was the people’s will that the Garcis of this world in her goddamn employ couldn’t do anything about it.
That Trillanes will now be potentially freed (and have the direct chance of beating the crap of Gloria and her ilks) is neither here nor there. Fact is nothing in the world anyone could do about it.
And paradoxically, the person (or the walking greed) who made it possible for Trillanes to win a Senate seat in the most victorious manner [mind you not out of altruism but because people wanted to slap her in the face] was none other than the squatting putot in Malacanang — Gloria Macapal. And there’s nothing anybody could nor can do about that goddamn fact!
NFA rice, kaya nga ayaw ko kay Davide. But Pnoy probably knows something I do not know on how Davide can turn out to be an ally of his.
I am not fond of the yellows either.
Trillianes was put in jail so the pandak could continue with her evil ways. Next stop was the 2004 Hello Garci. The Tanay boys protested the cheating and they too were put away by the pandak and her cheating operators headed not just by garci but asspweron and her other generals. The pandak stole the presidency twice! What was legitimate on pandak’s two stolen presidency? The first one was coup against Erap then.
Bitch Gloria was “legitimized” by the Angara diary and the Bible the first time she stole the presidency!
The second time, Hello Garci “legitimized” her!
Bwahahahaha!!!
— Chi
Dead, dead, dead on!!! Yuck! What an ugly pair and atrocious partnership those two made: Gloria the Putot and Garci the Vile… Ugh!
@AnnaDeBrux
Who cares he got 11 million votes? How many more did not vote for him? And yes, the Oakwood mutiny happened before in 2003, when Gloria’s presidency was surely legitimate.
@parasabayan,
Never mind that the mutiny was planned together with Gringo Honasan. Garbage in, garbage out.
— NFA rice
Gloria’s presidency was surely legitimate? Legitimate? 🙂 🙂 🙂
You can’t be serious… 🙂 🙂 🙂
Anyway, who cares if her presidency was “surely legitimate”? 😀 😀 😀
As Chi said, Bitch Gloria was “legitimized” by the Angara diary … nothing could be any truer!
@ AnnaDeBrux: #78
Gloria a legitimate president in 2003??? Yep! Is he serious??? 😛 😛 😛
She was never a legitimate president even for 1 day. A de facto president yes, but legitimate???!!!
RE: The amnesty awarded to Trillanes is not illegal. Pero binastos rin ni Trillanes ang Constitution di ba? ~NFA rice
Bwahaha…oppss, ang tenga ko…busina naman Igan NFA rice!
Pasalamat sila naging maginoong BASTOS si Sen. Trillanes…kung nagkataon na naging ESPADA siya e tepok sila? Xenxia na gusto ko kasing laro ang Kwaho eh mayroong sotang bastos at espada eh…he he he..relax Igan.
Matanong ko lamang…sino ba ang BASTOS na gusto mong paratangan? Di ba masahol pa sa bastos ang ginawa nina Gloria and her assholes na Henerales, Civil socialites and other bystanders na agawin nila ng Malacanang kay Erap?
Paghuhudas ito sa ating Saligang Batas at 11 milyong Pilipino…Not ONCE, but TWICE? Ibig mong sabihin legitimate ito kasi may basbas ni Kardinal Makasalanan…sori na lang sila kasi nag I am SORRY si Santita Cory na WRONG ang ginawa nila noong mag EDSA 2 sila ha ne.
Ngayon ibabartolina nila sina Sen. Trillanes and other Magdalo soldiers…sa pagwiwidraw ng suporta sa pekeng pangulo at illegitimate gov’t.
Sino ang TAMA ngayon? Ang Maginoong Bastos o ang Hudas na Bastos?
Ang bumastos sa Constitution, si Gloria.
Ang binastos ni Trillanes, si Gloria, ang pekeng pangulo.
Kung nabastos ka ni Trillanes, baka si Gloria ka.
“Kung nabastos ka ni Trillanes, baka si Gloria ka.”
😛 😛 😛 😛