No worry. Esperon has promised them pardon very soon.
The Makati Regional Trial Court on Tuesday handed down a sentence of imprisonment ranging from six years up to 40 years on nine members of the Magdalo group who pleaded guilty to charges of coup d’etat for the July 2003 Oakwood mutiny.
Makati RTC Branch 148 Judge Oscar Pimentel sentenced Captains Gerardo Gambala and Milo Maestrocampo – who are among the Magdalo’s core leaders – to reclusion perpetua or 20 to 40 years of imprisonment.
While Captains Alvin Ebreo, Laurence Louis Somera, Albert Baloloy and John Andres, 1Lt. Florentino Somera, 2Lt. Kristoffer Bryan Yasay and 1Lt. Cleo Dongga were sentenced to prision mayor or 6 to 12 years in jail.
A day before the promulgation, the Armed Forces on Monday lauded the nine Oakwood mutineers for pleading guilty and facing the consequences of their “wrong action” five years ago.
“What is very, very admirable on the case of the nine officers is their courage to accept that they have committed something wrong and they are willing to face the consequences of the wrong actions that they have committed,” said AFP public information officer Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro.
At the same time, Bacarro dismissed the possibility of the nine re-entering into the military service.
After five years of trial, the nine Army officers on Wednesday last week pleaded guilty, changing the plea earlier entered by the court on their behalf, prompting the prosecution to recommend 17 to 20 years imprisonment for Gambala and Mestrocampo, and 10 to 12 years jail terms to the seven others.
The nine are also among 31 military officers and men who were ordered to be dishonorably discharged from the military service in connection with the July 27, 2003 mutiny for violating Articles of War 96 or conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. – Amita Legaspi, GMANews.TV
What is wrong is, when you shut your mouth and your eyes while there are too many sinful acts that are being committed against your fellow man, your country and most importantly against your Creator. What is wrong also is when you dont stand firmly on what you beleive and you give up while you are being pressured or offered something just to make your self look like a fool and accept what you ought not to accept. What is wrong is when you let go of a mistake or a wrong doing. What is wrong is when this mistakes or wrong doings become systemic and the victims of such are the people around you that includes you and your family. You let go of these mistakes, hell is just waiting for you because you are a big mistake to be in heaven. Its not difficult to obtain a visa for all eternity in hell.
It is wrong to have a fake president. It is wrong to have people in government who does not respect at leat the law of the land. It is also wrong to partake in what is being done that is to be considered a heinous crime. To cheat, to steal, to lie, to plunder and so on is really wrong.
Now, what the heck is wrong with those people who cannot stand on their ground when they say you are wrong for being a cheater, liar and a robber? What happened to you?
napakamahal na kabayaran para sa isang makabayang ipinaglalaban subalit “nagawang talikuran” dahil sa pangakong hindi naman binigyang katuparan.
pinadama lang sila. nilinlang.
nagkaroon ng batayan ang hukom upang hatulan ang siyam kahit alam na hilaw ang ebidensiya, sige lang basta masiyahan si ma’am.
pilipinas kong mahal, lublob ka na sa kabikabilang kabulukan!
Posibleng magkita kita sila ng mga Arroyo sa kulungan, sa haba ng sintensya sa kanila. Welcome party sila pag dating ng mga Arroyo at ng iba pa nilang kasabwat.
Anong makita-kita sila? Ang balita namin, usapan, sa susunod na buwan, pardoned na sila. Yan ang ipinangako ni Esperon sa kanila.
ellen,
tuparin naman kaya ni es-PWE-ron ang pangako sa kanilang siyam?
Gee, Ellen, is this how powerful this asspweron is now? Kaya niyang mag-pardon ng mga nasentensiyahan? Talagang ipinapakita ni asspweron that he is very powerful! Di nga ba at panay din ang dakdak niya noong Feb 2006, na ikukulong niya sila Gen Lim, Col Querubin atbp and he did. He was just then the Army chief. He was not the CS yet. Then, he made pronouncements na guilty na sila that they will be found guilty and he is working towards that now. This shows a pattern that he seem to get what he wants. Mukhang kayang kaya niyang magmando talaga to a point na he now encroaches sa power ni illegal president evil bitch. Talaga naman na kapag malaki ang utang ng isang tao( the evil bitch owes asspweron big time for cheating for her and he continues to cover up for her to this date)hindi siya makapiyok! Tameme lang si evilbitch because she has to continue paying asspweron back! Pati trabaho niyang mag-pardon eh tinatrabaho na ni asspweron! Sa susunod, nakaupo na si asspweron sa trono ni illegal president!
Bilib ako sa judicial system sa Pilipinas. Yung mga puamapatay, nang-rape ng bata ay nakakalaya kaagad. Itong mga sundalong ito na nag-protesta sa mga katiwalian ng gobierno, halos panghabang buhay and sentensiya. The message is very clear, BE A HOODLUM AND BE FREE. BE UPRIGHT AND YOU WILL BE JAILED. What an inequity!
Makati Regional Trial Court ang nag bigay ng sestensya.
Ano kaya at tawagan ng mga readers ng blog na ito ang Makati Regional Trial Court. Let’s jam their phone system as a protest.
Link sa Makati Regional Trial Court:
http://www.lawphil.net/courts/mrtc/mrtc_dir.html#makati
Ang Makati Branch 148 ni Oscar B. Pimentel and nag sistensya sa anim na sundalo.
BRANCH 148 Oscar B. Pimentel
RTC Presiding Judge
4/F, R. Wing, Justice Hall
Tel: 899-8596; 899-8610
They need the 9 warm bodies yet against the stalwarts left. And they will only be pardoned after conviction of Trillanes, et al.
FYI lang po:
Nalipat na po ang RTC sa New Makati City Hall. Bale ang floors na occupied nila ay from 10-17 I think. Yong dating Gusali ng Katarungan ay kasalukuyang ginigiba dahil tatayuan na ng bagong gusali.
It’s very sickening to see how this GMA Administration manipulates and toys with our laws and constitution. Victims including the detained soldiers are vulnerable. This, GMA is using to her full advantage to remain in power. Enough is enough! People are sleeping. Wake up! Time for change. Change is now! Not tomorrow! Not 2010!
Talagang ipa-pardon yang mga yan. Sasabihin lang nila Glorya at Espwe(ra)ron sa mga kritiko (kasama na tayo) …. MANIGAAAAAAAAS KAYO!!!!.
Kalintikan ni GloriaAsspweron! These 9 ex-Magdalo werre backchanneled to plead guilty with a sure promise to whatever to ease their lives, otherwise they wouldn’t do it. Tapos e sentensyado rin pala ng MRTC.
Ayan, I just read that their commander-in-cheat Korap Gloria may pardon them. Drama lang talaga ‘yan lahat ni Gloria. Kunwari ay sentensyado, tapos ay pardon ng ‘mabait’ na demonyo!
I wish GloriaAsspweron will carry out their promise to the 9 ex-Magdalo. Kung hindi, they were just had with their deal with the devil.Huwag naman sanang ma-double jeopardy sila.
ang taong nagigipit kahit sa patalim kumakapit.ang patalim ni gloria ay double bladed.
Umagang galit ang dating ng balitang ito sa akin!
I would just repeat what Golberg said, also my personal opinion: “what the heck is wrong with those people who cannot stand on their ground when they say you are wrong for being a cheater, liar and a robber? What happened to you?”
Soldiers are supposed to be different from you and I in terms of physical and moral training, discipline, courage, etc. I wouldn’t equate my personal sufferings to theirs because our respective experiences are just different!
Mabuhay si Gen. Miranda at Gen. Lim at lahat ng ‘matitigas’ na Men of Honor!
WHAT IF ….. hindi i-pardon ni Glorya yang siyam na yan na noon pa nag-sorry sa kanya … e di bulok sila sa kulungan. Pero imposible yata na hindi i-pardon. Kilala na natin ang bituka ng mga tangnang Glorya at Espwe(ra)ron pati na ang kanilang mga mga alagad o tuta. Nakakasuka na talaga.
Sino ang niloloko nila? Hanggang ngayon ba naman ay naniniwala pa rin kayo sa mga kalokohan ng gobyerno ni Gloria? Tandaan niyo ito mga kasama, bukas ay magugulat na lang kayo pardonado itong mga na-sentensyahan. Itaga niyo sa bato.
Correct, norpil!
—On the Level
Hi Ellen and friends,
Just got back from kiddies’ term break/holiday in England.
Sorry to hear about the sentence. One thing I don’t quite understand is how Esperon can promise to “pardon” the accused/sentenced Magdalo when it was the The Makati Regional Trial Court that handed down the prison sentence. Does that mean that Esperon holds higher moral and legal authority than what is considered the Philippine ‘judiciary’?
In any case, I find this whole civil court trial and sentencing absurd. Those Oakwood mutineers surrendered on the condition that they would be tried by a military court. The agreement was reached for them to be tried under the Articles of War and not under civilian courts.
Max Soliven would be turning over in his grave.
Cimatu knows (as does Efren Abu and this stupid sonofagun Esperon) that the terms of rendition/surrender agreed upon meant that the Oakwood mutineers wouldn’t be handed over to civilian courts.
There is no palabra de honor in this God-forsaken government, no recognition of honour at all where the military top brass is concerned. How do you expect the next crop of officers and men to be loyal to the military? Next time, it will be “patay kung patay” because they know this government and its henchmen, its so-called negotiators cannot be relied upon to honour terms of agreement.
May Gloria, Esperon and their kind rot alive!
Anna,
I missed you and your comments about military issues such as this.
Salamat, you’re there na!
What a mess. Lahat yata ng sangay ng gubyerno naging circus na.Di na yata uso ang integrity at moral values ng bawat isa. Kung sino ang mayroon hinaing para mai-correct ang sitwasyon, bibigyan ng habambuhay na hatol. Yun namang nag-nakaw sa bayan, parang ala lang. Anong klaseng republika na tayo? …….. On the level.
What we need are people who are just and upright; with sound judgment and strict morals…those who prize honor and virtue above all other advantages like position, rank, fortune, rewards, benefits. There should be brotherly love among men and those who believe and seek for the truth.
Philippines injustices never ceases to amazes me! Those Magdalo officers never really had the chance, they were guilty right at the beginning even before the trial got started. Whore Gloria had no other choice but to find those officers guilty in order to justify her legitimacy or her claimed to the throne. Kinda feel sorry for those officers in a way. If anybody should’ve been prosecuted of coup d’etat and sentenced to years in jail, it should’ve been whore Gloria Arroyo, Gringo Honasan, Angelo Reyes and others. Whore Gloria and Angelo Reyes already set the precedent of overthrowing a legitimate gov’t, so you would think those Magdalo officers would’ve been found not guilty. But, this is Philippines on whore Gloria’s rule of law.
Anna, exactly what I thought too. This “pardon” thing mouthed by the asspweron only shows how much power he has over the evil bitch. He is playing god to these poor officers whose main purpose was to put a stop to the corruption in the military and the government. They failed and now look what we have, a proliferation of vultures in all the high places. Pathetic talaga!
Sa palagay ko ay mata-traydor itong 9 na militar na ito na nagplead ng guilty, kung pinangakuan man sila ng pardon. Tandaan palagi na sina Gloria at Esperon ay mga SINUNGALING at hindi tumutupad sa pangako. Kaya sorry na lang sa kanila dahil they made a deal with the devil!
bitchevel,
I am much fluttered. I am the only one remaining.
Their plea of guilt cannot be used as evidence against Trillanes et al. The admission in the plea of guilt are only useful agains the pleader. Maraming jurisprudence diyan. The reason for that is that the accused have the right to confront witnesses against them. So, they still have to testify against Trillanes, and Trillanes’ lawyer will have the chance to cross-examine them.
Because Esperon had already screwed them once, baka ang magiging prinsipyo nila ay parang mga hooker – money down before performance. Pardon muna bago testimony.
If the pardon is given first, then the officers, can in turn screw Esperon. They cannot be tried again, because that would be double jeopardy. Hindi rin puwedeng conditional ang pardon, because that would reveal the cooking of the evidence. How will they couch the condition? You are pardoned if you testify against Trillanes?
If the pardon is not given first, then the officers (anyway na-convict na) may exact their revenge, and say, no Trillanes did not instigate anything. We only pleaded guilty because we were pressured. Patay – nullified ang sentence, mayroon pang obstruction of justice.
Whose brilliant idea was this anyway? Looks like they painted themselves into a corner.
Sorry. May mga typo – admissions and against.
my two cents worth of reaction: buti nga sa kanila. nagpalansi sila, naging gullible. tinalikuran nila ang prinsipyo nila.
Arroyo may pardon 9 sentenced Magdalo soldiers.
Lawyer Trixie Angeles, lawyer of one faction of the Magdalo group, said that while the life sentence meted to Gambala and Maestrecampo proved there was no plea bargain, there is “more than just a chance” for them to get pardon. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
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Nilalaro ni GloriaAsspweron ang 9 ex-Magdalo.
Atty,
Thanks for the very informative post. As always, you explaining the situation in layman’s lingo is very much appreciated.
I hope Trillanes’ lawyer could cross-examine the nine. Makatingin kaya ng deretso kay Trillanes?!
Chi;
Melo drama lang sa palagay ko ang naging hatol ng hukom.Kung gusto ni Arroyo na pardonan pala ay bakit pa pinag-aksayahan ng panahon para litisin.Pwedi naman niyang gawin bago umabot sa hukuman ng tulad ng ginawa ni Cory noon sa mga nagkudeta sa kanya.50 push -ups ay carry on na!
Sabi ng Lolo Abe ko:
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.” – Abraham Lincoln
Paalala iyan sa kanila at sa lahat ng pilit ikinukulong ang katarungan sa Pilipinas.
Atty., palagay ko, si Lawrence San Juan na lang ang itatapat kay AT4, et al. Mabigat ang parusa sa kanya kasi pati pagtatraydor sa sandatahan, yung “nakakahiyang” pakikipagsabwatan sa mga Komunista ang pilit paaaminin sa kanya.
Itong 9 na ito, itaga nila sa mamon, tagilid sila anuman ang napagkasunduan nila, kahit pa kay Esperon o kay Pandak. Hindi na sila nadala, si Abu, Cimatu at Defensor na ang nakipagnegosasyon sa kanila, hindi na-honor, ngayon pa?
Sana mali ako dahil naaawa ako sa mga pamilya nila. Pero sira lang talaga ang ulo ng nakikipagkasundo sa demonyo!
Para silang naglalaro ng chess. Pinakain muna ang mga pawns tapos tuloy and laban.
Sinabi mo pa Tongue. Kung noon nga eh wala silang word of honor, ngayon pa na nakaangla na si evil bitch sa poder? Pati nga yung supreme court eh nadidiktahan niya!
Cocoy, si Cory ay may pusong ina. Itong si evil bitch ay may pusong satanas! Everyone who erred against her should know that even the very same people who helped her get her illegitimate position eh pilit niyang ikinulong! Satur and Beltran are just a few examples.
Tama kayo, you do not make deals with the devil as you always lose. Kahit na mapardon ang mg 9 na nahatulan, it will not mean anything to those who are still jailed. It is not a guarantee that the rest of the incarcerated will have the same pardon. Kung baga, pinalabas lang ni evil bitch at ni asspweron yung “pain” at pag kinain mo yun PATAY KA!
I just read that, yet again, General Miranda was brought back to Tanay and the rest of the Tanay boys will be brought to Tanay too later. Ano ba ang gustong gawin nitong si asspweron? Mukhang gusto na niyang sentensiahan ang mga ito ah! Sobrang sip sip talaga sa kanyang reyna. Mukhang asspweron will have to prove further his worth baka nga naman siya nga talaga ang susunod na DND( DAYA NG DAYA) secretary. This is asspweron’s way of saying “I continue to protect my queen even if I have to hang my own men!” BURN IN HELL ASSPWERON!
‘di ko masisisi yung 9 na officers for agreeing to the deal. We don’t know what they went through kaya mahirap magsalita. Nawala lang ang pagtatangi ko sa kanila dahil kung ‘yung iba nakayanan bakit silang 9 hindi? We should not take it against them, sana nga lang eh after ng pardon sa kanila eh huwag na silang tumestigo against the other officers, yun dapat na silang kasuklaman pag ginawa pa nila yun.
PMS, I do not see any pardon anytime soon. Baka mapapardon sila ng susunod na presidente, kung mayroon man, hindi si evil bitch. Ngayon pa lang eh naghugas na ng kamay si asspweron na wala siyang kinalaman sa plea ng 9 na sundalo samantalang lantaran na alam ng mga sundalo na si asspweron ang nangumbinse sa kanila na bumaligtad kapalit ng pardon pagkatapos masintensiyahan.
Evil Bitch will be protected by the asspweron at all cost! While she is in power, he too will have the power and of course lots and lots of money!
Nakakaawa talaga itong siyam na magigiting na sundalo. Una nakipag-deal sila para umamin ng kasalanan. Nagamit tuloy sila pang-PR. Pangalawa, nasintensiahan tuloy para magdusa ng anim hanggang 40 taon ng pagkakakulong. At pangatlo, nawalan pa sila ng kridibilidad sa prinisipiong ipinaglalaban. As of now this is their situation. But a month or two from now mabibigyan na iyan ng presidential pardon. Ang dapat abangan diyan ay ang paglabas nila, ano ang kanilang sasabihin, ano ang kanilang gagawin, at papaano nila gagamitin ang kalayaang natamo. Mag ala Erap kaya sila na bumabanat pa rin pagkatapos ng pardon niya? Paano na lang kung gagamitin sila o magpapagamit sa Malacanang sa counter propaganda? Marami pang puweding mangyari, as of now ang kanilang kalagayan ay nakakaawa talaga kung saan ay nangangailangan sila ng mas higit pang pangunawa ng publiko.
Naisahan na naman ni asspweron ang mga sundalo!
pSb: mare, wala pang 6 mos. pardoned na yang mga yan…
PMS, I can be proven wrong. But gauging from how asspweron treats his men, he does not care kung mabulok sila sa bilangguan. If ever they are indeed pardoned, it is for a reason. The reason would be to entice those who are still facing trials to follow suit. Kaya lang, it will just be a “trap”. These incarcerated officers should not trust the asspweron and the evil bitch as these duo only have two things in mind, money and power. Anything else is not foremost!
precisely. He has so much contempt for Sen. Trillanes that he’s willing to let go of the 9, scot free, if only to lure Sen. Trillanes to his trap. Before the year ends, those 9 soldiers will be pardoned, believe me.
it is not coming in as a surprise that the 9 officers changed their plea to “guilty”. weren’t they the same officers who made their own ” Im Sorry” video several years ago? they were also the same officers who re pledged their allegiance to GMA? what would be coming in as a surprise was the verdict against Gambala and Maestrocampo–i think GMA and Esperon is screwing them big time—milking it as a publicity stunt–and yes I do believe that a sweetheart deal was done but who would bet against them being screwed one more time? Im not even betting a plugged centavo.
But i do not begrudge them their decision–my respect for them remains for having stood up for what they believed was right—and I think with this episode the torch has passed, Gambala et.,al have done their part and its time that others step up to that role. But, this time, there will be a huge difference–unllike Marcos and Erap, GMA will not step down without a fight–literally and figuratively. this time around, blood will be shed and needs to be shed to effect change. and i dont think–the shedding would be limited to military officers, junior or otherwise. i think this time the civilians should take a more active role in bringing GMA down. the people wants change—why ask the military to intervene for the plight of the people? the people should take matters in their own hands—and once we do, the soldiers will know what to do–whether Esperon likes it or not.
i also believe that the people first must act and then the military officers can withdraw their support. withdrawal of support is a political act reserved to ordinary people. in a way all those involved in the oakwood mutiny were already forgiven by the people when sen. trillanes went into politics and won inspite of all the difficulties.
UNG and Norpil,
Agree! The people should initiate the regime change if they want, then the soldiers would have to make a choice benifiting
both and the country.
“A million warm bodies”, Tony Cuevas mantra, is needed to unseat the bitch. In the Interfaith rally, the bitch was hold up at the PNP headquarters, monitoring the numbers not the issues.
Dapat na panindigan ng korte at ang gobyerno ang kanilang hatol sa kaso nong siyam na sundalo. Habang buhay man o 40 years. Managot sila kung sabi ng korte ay nagkasala sila. Kung ipa-pardon nila etong siyam e di pakawalan na lang nila lahat ang mga nakakulong. Ano ba ang pinag-iba ng mga sundalo sa mga preso … wala di ba. Lahat sila ay hinatulan ng korte. Panindigan ng korte kung anong hatol nila …. mga BUWISIIIITTTTT!!!!! Ginawa na nila Arroyo at ang kanyang mga tuta na playing ground ang ating Gobyerno. Dapat talaga limasin na sila … kakainis na.
Norpil, the power belongs to GAOTU. Let’s trust Him…
Malacañang says Trillanes up for coup conviction
AFP chief: Pardon likely for Magdalo 9
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Ayun at lumabas na ang katotohanan na kaya back channeled ang 9 ay para pilitan si Trillanes na mag-plead guilty.
Sabi ni Wetness Apotol: “… emphasized that the government is still open to the possibility that Trillanes could also enter a guilty plea,…)“ We do not expect anything from him, but the trial is still ongoing so he could still enter a guilty plea,” …www.tribune.net
Anong akala ng ulol na Apostol, madedenggoy nila si Trillanes gaya ng iba?! Hindi na sila natuto at nagtanda! Hindi pa sila sumusurender kay Trillanes? Hindi nila kilala yung tao!
Talaga, ginagamit nila ang 9 ex-Magdalo para pahinain ang kaso ni Trillanes. Mas naniniwala ako sa analysis ni Atty natin dito na sila ang mahina at mas lalakas ang depensa nina Trillanes kaya todo laro ang mga tangna!
Diyan sa anunsyo ng EK, “Malacañang says Trillanes up for coup conviction”, ay sobra silang arogante at hayagan nilang sinasabi na hawak nila ang korte sa kanilang paglalaro sa kaso ng Magdalo (at Tanay boys)!
Si Trillanes talaga ang target nila. Kasi, kung kanilang iko-convict si Trillanes, it will be against the decision of the more than 11 million pinoys! At masama ang pangitain nila!
Panick mode na naman si GloriaAsspweron! Taranta na naman at hilong talilong ang mga oppressor!
Wala tayong maasahang hustisya sa bulok na rehimeng Arroyo. Moro-Moro justice ang umi-iral. Dapat opposisyon ang manalo bilang pangulo sa 2010.
Diego, sana yung tunay na opposition ang manalo. We might get a “fake” one na naman. Ngayon pa lang dapat pagaralan na natin kung sino talaga ang totoo. But the way I see it, depende sa decision ng SC sa Neri case, kung pabor kay evil bitch, isusulong na naman niya ang charter change dahil alam niya na hawak niya ang korte suprema.
Or, magkakaroon na ng rebulosyon dahil sa hirap ng buhay!
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s confirmed! The nine ex-Magdalo troopers will be pardoned…
…upon reaching the age of 70!
No, they shall be pardond in 2011 when the new President from the opposition assumes office.
Tongue, if the evil bitch or her crony will continue to reign our country, you may be right! Mabubulok talaga ang mga ito sa kulungan. My heart aches that these upright and passionate officers of the AFP are incarcerated and the real criminals (generals) are lording over them headed by a four foot midget who knows nothing about governance but knows how to cheat, lie, corrupt and kill! My heart breaks for these young officers!
MANILA, Philippines — A division of the Sandiganbayan has acquitted a retired military officer from a perjury charge.
The 2nd Division of the anti-graft court ruled in favor of Major General Carlos Garcia, former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, who has been accused of lying about his 1998 statement of assets and liabilities networth (SALN).
Bitchevil,
Why am I not surprised to read the article about Gen Garcia. In GMA’s term stealing, plundering, corruption, killing, harassment and repression of freedom as well as sytematized abuse of authority are such petty offenses–in fact those suspected of committing such deplorable acts are scot free—FG, Abalos, Erap or acquitted like Garcia or upheld by the SC like the case of Neri. But those who want to raise their opposition to the numerous acts of corruption are behind bars–like Trillanes, Miranda and Querubin. Not to mention the former aide-de-camp of Gen Miranda, the pretty lieutenant, whose only crime was to shout GMA resign..tsk tsk tsk. such a sorry state of affairs. Well mali naman kasi ang panawagan na GMA resign because she has no legitimate hold at the chair in Malacanang–Hello, Garci? Dapat, GMA Tsupi, NOW!
Even during the period of trials, Garcia was reported to have been receiving VIP treatment. He was either faking illness staying at comfortable hospital or allowed to get out of jail to play golf. In the meantime, his family is abroad living a luxurious life. They could not and will never convict Garcia of anything. Garcia is no different from Neri because so many higher officials leading to Malacanang are involved.
Over at the Supreme Court, former SC Chief Panganiban issued a very strong and bold opinion against his former colleagues as far as asking them to reconsider the decision on Neri’s case. He was immediately countered by Davide even if the latter is abroad obviously upon the instruction of Malacanang. One former SC Chief opposing another SC Chief balances it out. But at this time, who would believe Davide? He was the worst SC Chief this country ever had!
Let’s put things in a proper perspective. What the 9 admitted guilty of is teh to the crime of coup’etat. Trillanes et al never admitted that they are guilty of coup d’etat because they are not.
Here’s the meaning of coup d’etat under the revised penal code:
Remember, not a single shot was fired in that Oakwood inxcident. So, how can it be a “swift attack.”
“Duly consituted authority”. Since when was Gloria Arroyo duly constituted. She grabbed power in january 2001. She cehated in 2004.
“Attack against any military camp or installation, communications networks, public utilities or other facilities needed for the exercise and continued possession of power…” Oakwood does not fall into any of those mentioned.
If you remember, the 53 who pleaded guity last year and recently the five including Lt Sonny Sarmiento, the offense the admitted in the court martial was “conduct prejudicial to public order and military discipline.”
‘Yun pa siguro pwede. But coup? Gloria Arroyo and Angelo Reyes, baka pwede pa because Estrada was a “duly constituted authority.”
From UNO spokesman Adel Tamano:
Magdalo raised legitimate and unresolved social ills
NO hidden deals for leniency brokered by Malacanang can address the root cause for the Magdalo soldiers’ acts, the United Opposition (UNO) said yesterday.
“The conviction of the Magdalo soldiers will not insure that others will not indulge in the so-called military adventurism. Until the military institutes genuine reforms that will address corruption, then the cause of unrest of the younger idealistic soldiers will remain and continue to push some to do extreme acts.” UNO spokesman Atty. Adel Tamano said.
Tamano pointed out that while extra-legal power grabs are unacceptable the causes of the social unrest in the country which prompted action on the part of the military remain unresolved.
“While we strongly disagree with unconstitutional means to seek change, the conviction of the Magdalo soldiers should not blind us to the validity of their complaints and the idealism that animated their cause.” Tamano added.
You can only admit to what you know, or what you intend.
The 9 officers can admit that they intended to conduct a “swift attack”. But whether or not Oakwood is “any military camp or installation, communications networks, public utilities or other facilities needed for the exercise and continued possession of power…” must be proven by the government, because the government must prove every element of the offense.
That a building is a military installation or such is proven by its use by the military. The nine officers admitting that Oakwood is a military installation does not make it so; in the same way that their admitting that a church or a sauna bath is a military installation will not make it so.
Hmm. Looks like there is a strong basis for a reversal on appeal.
Mukhang hilaw ang ebidensya.
Esperon should learn how to cook from the CIA (Culinary Institute of America).
He can also learn from my drinking buddy, who is a certified CIA (Cebuano In America).
Hmmnn…From the legal standpoint of this case, I’m learning a lot from you, Atty.
But Atty, Gloria Arroyo has perverted the justice system, that no judge will rule in favor of Trillanes and company while she is Malacañang because that’s her order.
Ellen, sinabi mo pa. We can argue law until we are black and blue but the bottom line is, our legal system is GLORIARUPTED! The only chance these incarcerated officers have is to just delay the hearings until the evil bitch is out of office. Then and only then will they have any chance to have justice. Unless again her annointed will be the next president. Marami si evil bitch nakukurakot na pera. Araw araw eh meron tayong nadidiskubreng ninanakaw ng gobiyerno sa kaban ng bayan. Handa rin and China na manuhol ulit para sa susunod na magiging presidente para mahawakan nila tayo lalo sa leeg. It is the evil bitches’ interest to spend all her money on the next president so that she can go on her merry way. Ramos has done it through her. She seem to be even wilier than the tabako!
Atty, you have a good argument there!
But Atty, Gloria Arroyo has perverted the justice system, that no judge will rule in favor of Trillanes and company while she is Malacañang because that’s her order.
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Agreed Ellen. But remember Saturnina Galman. Parang lahat ng araw kay Macoy. Then suddenly…..
atty. i admire your patience.