Whitewash, clear and simple
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
In defending his decision not to charge his close buddy and allies with any administrative or criminal liability and completely change the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) recommended charges, Noynoy claimed that there was nothing in the laws nor even the crisis committee manual to even lock in those charges against the personalities indicted by the IIRC.
As Noynoy claimed, they don’t want to just press charges if the cases aren’t solid, because what he wants is that when government files charges in court, there will be a conviction.
That’s pure bullshit he and his legal team spew because the weighing of the merits of the case always rests, not on the government lawyers or prosecutors, but on the judge hearing the case.
Besides, the recommendations of charges against these personalities were largely done by his Justice chief, Leila de Lima, and she is expected to know her law and what appropriate charges there are to buttress the IIRC charges..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101013com2.html
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