PROSECUTORS DISAPPOINTED, AFP TO RESPECT GRANT
DoJ ignored in Noy’s amnesty move
By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Benjamin B. Pulta 10/13/2010Once again, President Aquino ignored the Department of Justice in making his move to grant amnesty to the mutineers, both of the Oakwood mutiny and the Peninsula Hotel siege varieties.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima claimed she had been informed but had not been consulted on the amnesty granted to the mutineers.
Incarcerated members of the Magdalo group as well as the rest of the soldiers who figured in the three major military uprisings under the Arroyo administration were granted amnesty by Aquino, subject to the concurrence of Congress as the chief executive yesterday signed Proclamation No. 50 which granted amnesty to all the individuals concerned as part of his “reconciliation” efforts to those who have been adjudged “enemies of the State” for violating the Revised Penal Code and the Articles of War.
Covered by the said proclamation are more than 300 active and former members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) including controversial figures such as detained former Lt. S/G now Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and the fugitive Captain Nicanor Faeldon, who drew public attention for spearheading the Oakwood mutiny in July 27, 2003, along with other military adventurists who were involved in the Marines Standoff and Manila Peninsula incidents of Feb. 26, 2006 and Nov. 29, 2007 respectively..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101013hed1.html
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