Right way, wrong way
FRONTLINE |
Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
12/11/2010
There is a right way, or perhaps an acceptable way and a wrong way to do things.
It was probably right to get the case against the so-called “Morong 43” health workers, alleged by the military to be communists and caught at bomb-making activities, withdrawn by the Department of Justice (DoJ). After all, if the case is still under DoJ review, the complaint can be withdrawn, especially if the accused have not been arraigned in court, as technically, the court would still not have had jurisdiction over the accused.
But it was probably wrong for Noynoy Aquino to announce that he had ordered the DoJ to withdraw the case against the health workers, because he has set a precedent in the sense that it is he who now makes the decision on whether to have a case withdrawn or not — especially when the case is already in court and should be out of his jurisdiction.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101211com2.html
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