The temerity of Juan Pedro Navera,senior state prosecutor, to complain about the decision of President Aquino to grant amnesty to some 300 military officers and soldiers that stood up against Gloria Arroyo show that Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is presiding over an organization, many of whose personnel have still a mindset of impunity that characterized the Arroyo administration.
This is a serious challenge to President Aquino’s reform agenda especially in the area of anti-corruption. This is as problematic as the issue with an Arroyo loyalists-dominated Supreme Court.
A newspaper report quoted Navera as saying that his seven years of hard work to convict the Magdalo officers and soldiers have come to nought with the issuance of the President of Proclamation 50 giving amnesty to military officers who were allegedly involved the July 2003 Oakwood mutiny, the reported plan to withdraw support from Arroyo following the “Hello Garci” expose in February 2006 and the Manila Peninsula seige.
The amnesty proclamation renders moot and academic whatever decision of Judge Oscar Pimentel of the Makati Regional Trial Court trying the coup d’etat case against Sen.Antonio Trillanes IV and core leaders of the Magdalo.
The Inquirer report quoted Navera as saying, “If we want to respect the rule of law, if we want to bow to the court, we should wait for the court decision,”he said.
Since when did public prosecutors,reporting to an alter ego of the President, the Secretary of Justice, earn the right to tell the President what he can do and cannot do and when he should do it?
I ask Navera: Is there anything illegal in the President’s issuance of Proclamation 50.
If he can’t cite anything illegal about it, he better shut up. If he can’t shut up, he better resign. That would be one less unenlightened personnel at the Department of Justice.
Navera took pains to say that he was airing his personnel opinion and not necessarily that of his colleagues led by Assistant Chief Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon.
Lokohin niya lelong niya. It is known in the justice department that the reason Fadullon is doing his sabotaging of Aquino’s reforms in the Department of Justice through Navera is because he (Fadullon) is eyeing the post of Quezon City prosecutor.
I’d like to borrow lawyer Harry Roque’s Facebook shoutout to remind Navera of his complicity against the Filipino people: “To those ranting against the amnesty, where were you during the darkest days of our democracy? Bet you were with the evil one.”
Trillanes and company never stole a single centavo from the government. How about the person you defended? Think of the military establishment that allowed Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia and his cohorts to steal millions of pesos from funds that should have been spent buying boots, helmets, and medical equipment for the soldiers risking their lives in the field.Think of those who sold bullets and guns to the insurgents as well as the Abusayaf bandit group, that the Magdalo pointed out “bullets that are used to kill us.”
Think of the officers including former AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon who participated in subverting the will of the people in the 2004 elections.
It was seven years of injustice against the Filipino people. And Navera is proud of that?
Put him in the “closet” is what I say.
So what if he spent 7 useless years trying to outwit these military officers; that he didn’t suceed is a measure of his stupidity, i.e., his charges perhaps had no leg to stand on.
Get over it you idiot. If you cannot gag yourself, let someone do it for you!
Fellow is making a thorough ass of himself — he should be sacked. Waste of meagre and precious govt rations!!!
Kung ako si Noynoy, sisibakin ko ang lintek na Navera na yan! Who does he think he is? Nagawa nya kay Nilo, gawin din nya kay Navera…kasuhan ng foot and mouth disease!
“The amnesty proclamation renders moot and academic whatever decision of Judge Oscar Pimentel of the Makati Regional Trial Court trying the coup d’etat case against Sen.Antonio Trillanes IV and core leaders of the Magdalo.”
Belat Navera! Join ka na lang sa boss mong unana sa tongreso!
It was seven years of injustice against the Filipino people. And Navera is proud of that? – Ellen
Hanep na mga Gloria prosecutors ito, kung magpapansin parang sa kanila lang umiikot ang mundo!
Sec. de Lima shoud do something drastic to Navera and Fadullon, ipatapon sa snake island! Winarak ng todo ni Gloria ang justice system at itinutuloy pa nila, mga anay ni Gloria!
Fellow is making a thorough ass of himself – Anna
Yep, ass full of Gloria biomass talking!
“If we want to respect the rule of law, if we want to bow to the court, we should wait for the court decision,” – Navera
Ikaw na lang ungas! Sawang-sawa na ako sa binutas-butas na batas ni Gloria!
Kahit mas maayos sana kung sa hukom maresolba ang kaso, sa tagal ng panahon, maaring sabihin na walang mararating ang kaso na hindi mabubulgar ang mga taong nasa mataas na posisyon na sangkot sa daing ng magdalo group.
Sa ganoon kailangan magsalita si penoy na buo ang loob niya sa amnesty – na maituturing ng whistleblowing ang ginawa ng magdalo group at sa ngalan ng katarungan ay dapat ng ihinto sa madaling panahon ang isyung ito. Ifa-fast track daw sa senado ang Congress ang amnesty – dapat magsalita si penoy dito, at sabihin at pangakatawanan na iimbistagahan sa lalong madaling panahon ang akusadong kurakot na binubulgar ng magdalo, oo pati na mga tao sa prosecutor office, kung may pansarili silang(kung sino man) layunin sa kaso.
Dapat din baguhin ang mga salitang “Oakwood Mutiny” o ano pa mang salita na nag-iimply ng guilt samantalang wala pa namang disisyon sa hukom, at tanungin kung bakit kay tagal dumating ng hustisya.
Ang mahirap dito e mabilis si penoy ang mga review-review kapag mga bata niya ang sangkot pero itong kasong nabulok na sa lamesa ni Navera e hanggang ngayon e palpak pa rin.
Paano na yung mga dinukot na mga istudiyante ng UPD, yung journalists, yung mga tunay activists na binaril ng sakay motor ng assassins? Paano na sila?
Marami ngang problema na dapat iresulba, pero kung mahusay kang magdelegate ng trabaho, magagawa yan.
I believe talo ang kaso sa korte ni Pimentel. Inunahan lang sya ni PNoy. Nakabelat kami ni PNoy! 🙂
OT: Sori, natawa lang ako sa news na ito:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/10/15/10/gma-leaves-s-korea-saturday
Talaga naman si Gloria, kung hindi puwedeng president ng pinas, president ng 2nd district ng pampanga, ok na.
Ang kapalllll…
Sana PNoy is reading your posts and all the comments here. I wonder if he is aware that there are snakes around him. Seven years of loyalty with Arroyo means they think alike, see alike and steal alike. Delikado para kay PNoy yan.
Wala pa akong nakilalang tao na kasing kapal at manhid na katulad niya.
Following OT: pres of Fil association in France said to me that during Gloria’s last visit in Paris, she was accompanied by Pineda woman who went on a shopping spree at Louis Vuitton on Champs Elysées; she bought some 120 Louis Vuitton items that they had to hire another van to carry away the goodies.
#10@Gani, wahahahehe! Ipinagsisiksikan ang kawalanghiyaan, giving signal to her anays roaming around the current administration that when she makes noise it just means follow the queen termite!
Remember Puno and Lim? Talk about impunity.
Mendiola and Hacienda Luisita massacres. Talk about impunity.
Military “men” breaking their oaths and get rewarded with lucrative offices. Kung patuloy na maghirap ang Pilipinas wala na lang akong masabi kung di ‘buti nga!’
“I wonder if he is aware that there are snakes around him.” – VLo
Reckon PNoy is very aware…it’s just that those snakes circling him are non-poisonous and postiso ang mga ngipin.
They kept on biting him with no effect whatsoever.
Following OT: pres of Fil association in France said to me that during Gloria’s last visit in Paris, she was accompanied by Pineda woman who went on a shopping spree at Louis Vuitton on Champs Elysées; she bought some 120 Louis Vuitton items that they had to hire another van to carry away the goodies. – AnnaDeBrux
Oh yes! I’ve read this in one of the blogs I stumbled upon and so it’s true that she or they did this. OMG! TALAGA NAMANG KAPAL NA WALA PANG PUSO! Yung mga LV na yun kayang pakainin ang 10 baranggay ng maraming taon. Grabe sa pagka-kapaaaaalll!
Amanda Doronila and Winnie Monsod have sane views over the Trillanes amnesty:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20101020-298681/Aquino-coddling-coup-makers
http://wn.com/winnie_monsod_on_trillanes_coup_d%27etat_case__was_there_injustice_or_just_let_him_get_away_with_it
WOW! LV lang, almost 7 million pesos na ang nagastos! Por Diyos por siyento! Anak nga talaga ng jueteng itong si pineda! The pinedas should be one of those to be investigated by the TOOTH commission for illegal wealth. Sino sino naman ang mga binigyan niya ng 120 LVs? Yung mga nasa pwesto para palusutin yung mga illegal activities niya.
Itong Navera na ito should be investigated din. Tignan ang pag-taas niya sa kanyang pwesto sa panahon ni pandak. Tignan din ang mga assets niya at baka may retainer’s fee siya para upuan ang kaso ng mga Magdalo.
Ellen, dahil sa ibinentang mga ammunitions ng mga corrupt na opisyales ng AFP sa Mindanao, napunta ang mga ito sa kamay ng mga Ampatuans. Yan tuloy pumatay sila ng mahigit na 50ng tao. Di ba isa ito sa mga pangunahing hinaing ng mga Magdalo?
I can’t wait for Trillianes to get out and do his job of putting the pandak where she belongs, in JAIL!
— PSB
Hmmm… there’s an ida!
Ngeeek… there’s an idea!
From John Gaddi:
Very well said. I couldn’t agree with you more. This person is either trying hard to create controversy to make waves to build up his name or is paid by Arroyo to confuse people or much worse, is extremely stupid without even knowing it.
I expected Aquino to grant amnesty to Sen. Trillanes and other Magdalo members much earlier. When Malacanang knew that a decision would be handed down sometime October, they beat them to the punch.
I’m very happy that the much deserved amnesty is at hand.
Kudos to Sen. Trillanes and the remaining Magdalo soldiers who were granted amnesty. I just hope that the amnesty would be revised and allow those who would like to continue their service in the military to do so.
Update:Court grants Trillanes plea to defer trial for rebellion
A Makati court yesterday granted the appeal of detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and the other military officers belonging to the Magdalo group for a deferment of yesterday’s hearing of the rebellion case in connection with the 2007 Manila Peninsula Hotel stand-off.
The case is being heard by Judge Elmo Alameda of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150.
Trillanes on Tuesday asked for the deferment in view of the amnesty proclamation issued by President Aquino last week for soldiers involved in uprisings against the past administration. He said Proclamation No. 50, once concurred in by Congress, will render the rebellion case moot and academic.
The Senate and the House have said they are prioritizing the approval of the concurring resolutions when Congress resumes session on November 8 after a three-week break.
Another court is hearing a coup d’état case against Trillanes and other Magdalo officers for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, the Makati RTC Branch 148 of Judge Oscar Pimentel who is scheduled to issue a ruling on October 28.
Aside from Trillanes and former Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, also facing rebellion charges are Captains Gary Alejano and Segundino Orfiano Jr.; Lieutenants (s.g.) Eugene Gonzalez, Andy Torrato, Arturo Pascua Jr., James Layug, and Manuel G. Cabochan; 1Lt. Billy Pascua; 2Lt. 2Lt. Jonnell P. Sangalang; Cpl. Clecarte Dahan; Privates First Class Juanito S. Jilbury, Emmanuel C. Tirador, German M. Linde, Julius J. Mesa, and Cesari Yasser Gonzales; and Ens. Armand Pontejos.
Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon, who also participated in the walkout, has yet to be tried in the case as he escaped at the height of the standoff at the hotel. He recently surrendered and is now detained.
The court earlier dismissed for lack of merit similar charges against 18 civilian personalities led by former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., former UP President Francisco Nemenzo, Infanta Bishop Julio Labayen and actress Bibeth Orteza. – Ashzel Hachero
What is most awaited is the decision of Judge Oscar Pimentel also of the Makati Regional Trial Court on the Oct 28 promulgation of the coup de’tat case re 2003 Oakwood incident.
No word yet.
Terribly logpsided justice in the Philippines!
Gloria and her cabal of generals headed by that corrupt and arrogant sonovabitch Angie Reyes (yes, he was very corrupt — talk about the JCPV class and what he did in London if you please) and his three major command stooges (lesser sin though for former LtGen Benjie Defensor PAF because he did try to stop Angie but could not prevail) went all out in violating the sacrosanct Constitution with the complicity of another pig head, Davide, committing not only rebellion but goddamn coup d’état and yet justice went not only blind and shy but goddamn dead where they were concerned…
Talk of follow the leader doctrine… follow me but don’t do what I do. Complete prat!!!
I say, sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander… jail those goddamn treasonous, lawbreaking 2001 criminals.
The country is in shit because they spat and trampled at the Constitution. And Navera dares complain? I would support him [yes, support him] if he would first prosecute the 2001 violators of the Constitution. If he can’t do that, he should stop complaining and if he can’t get it into his thick head that justice should know no person (high or low), he should hang himself from the highest lamppost and be done with it.
Coward!
Anna, unfortunately, the 2001 supporters of the pandak are now also Pnoys supporters led by Davide!
Aba e, pati si Dinky Soliman, hinuhukay na rin ang libingan. Ipinipilit na isama sa iimbistigahan ng Truth Commission yung Code-NGO Zero Coupon Bonds. Ayan na. Kumikilos na ang mga galamay ng octopus na may bangaw sa pisngi.
No matter how one tries to deodorize a stinking sh*t. The smell will linger still. Now comes the allege cover-up of the Glorietta “bombing” according to Ret. Col. Allan Sollano, he “was the leader of the Army Explosive and Ordinance Disposal Unit in 1 of 4 teams that investigated the Glorietta blast in October 2007.”
According to Sollano, then Gen. Ricardo David, now AFP-CS instructed him to lie about the incident by saying it’s methane gas explosion and not caused by a bomb.
Now the question is, will PNoy ask for the reinvestigation of the case assuming that further proofs points to a cover-up by GMA’s administration? Since Sollano directly accused David will the AFP-CS’ head roll or will he be “protected” by the president?
Here’s the link
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/10/21/10/glorietta-blast-past
Will the “Glorietta Explosion/ bombing” incident be in cluded in the “Truth Commission?”
# 32
At sino ang nagpapaimbestiga? Si Edong Mapangarap? I can just hear the lyrics of an old Neil Sedaka tune sang by CJ Puno:
How I’d like to look
into that little book,
the one with Erap’s lock and key,
and know the boy who’s a traitor,
the boy who faked his diary.
“I can’t wait for Trillianes to get out and do his job of putting the pandak where she belongs, in JAIL!” – psb
Don’t get carried away with statement like this. Odds are quite high Trillianes will be a rich man if he gets reelected again in the senate (god forbids), and Gluerilla to him will be a blurr in the past.
Itong Juan Pedro Navera ay “galamay” ni GMA, bilang conspirator ( parang aso na taga kahol, kapag may sumilip or dumaan sa isang ala ampatuan-mansions ). Kita natin or naramdaman, kumahol agad-agad, ng ang ” amnesty ” sa magdalo or Sen. Tony Trillianis ” ay binigyan ng pansin ni Pnoy.Palagay ko tama ang mga sinasabi nina # 23 and # 24 respectively, na nasa sang-ayon ni Ellen # 26.” Ang manok daw pag-nangitLOG, ay pumu-putak agad. Dapat, isama sa “tooth Commission ” ang pag-halukay ki Navera ( nabira ). Isa pa, putak-siya ng putak, y alam naman niya na ” fake president ang kanyang boss ” ( dinaan sa malabong Edsa-2 na isa sa utak ay si Davide, at conspirators, saka sa ” Hello Garci ” at Mayuga report.Kahit na yata sobrang pag-ka-istopido ang utak, ay mahirap malinlang sa mga naka-raang mahigit na 9-na taon ni GMA, na hirap si Pnoy na alisin ang buhol-buhol na problemang pinag-gagawa ng mga ” tusong “, greedy-corrupted admin ).
Narvasa, Fortun…all these well paid lawyers are the protectors of big time criminals. While they are free to defend anyone even if he’s guilty of a crime, dapat man lang sana may conscience sila. Kung alam nila na may kasalanan ang kanilang client, bitawan na lang nila at hindi puro pera lang ang habol.