‘Fair is fair’
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| Jonathan De la Cruz |
In our last column, we asked a number of questions which many of our readers and our listeners in our morning radio show Karambola over dwIZ 882 to get to the bottom of this heating blame game over the plea bargain entered into by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and retired Maj.Gen.Carlos Garcia who is facing a plunder case before the Sandiganbayan. We were of the impression as were our readers and listeners that the government prosecutors were not being rigorous and aggressive enough in pursuing the case against Garcia and that the Sandiganbayan may have hastily approved the said agreement to the disadvantage of our people and the derogation of the rule of law.
We recall that Garcia, the former AFP comptroller, has been in detention for the past six years that the case was being heard. Which is why the plea bargain agreement supposedly approved by the court last May 4, 2010 came as a surprise to a lot of people since most were of the impression that it was based on strong and convincing evidence enough to convict Garcia and his co-accused, including his wife and two children of plunder “beyond reasonable doubt.” Well, as the latest hearing before the graft court’s Second Division and records of the case now show there is more to this case than our impressions and the the shrill protestations of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) and, yes, former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo and former Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio both of whom have been arguing against the said plea bargain..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110117com4.html
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