Palace expresses surprise on Sandiganbayan’s comment on Garcia deal
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 01/12/2011Malacañang yesterday said it is surprised to hear the denial of the Sandiganbayan with respect to the assertion of the Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz that the plea bargaining agreement between the Office of the Ombudsman and retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia has already been approved since May 4, 2010.
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda, however, considered such development a good sign since it would mean that it’s not yet too late for the anti-graft court to let the government’s plunder case against former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) comptroller go unresolved.
“If it [plea bargaining agreement] as they [Sandiganbayan justices] say, then at least, hopefully, we can still convince the Sandiganbayan justices [to change their position] that is not in favor of the government. Our countrymen do not support this kind of deal, the plea bargaining agreement. So we, too, wonder why they made that statement. But, again, we’ll just wait for the Solicitor General [to answer] — they were given time to comment,” Lacierda told reporters.
Lacierda said they do not wish to speculate over the statements made by the Sandiganbayan justices and would rather wait for their action on the motion for intervention filed by Cadiz last week amid observations that such petition might be rejected since there was no agreement to revoke anyway..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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