Palace takes potshots at SC anew over Garcia plea deal
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 01/16/2011The Palace again cranked up its machinery to assault the Supreme Court yesterday, saying tribunal spokesman and administrator Jose Midas Marquez questioning the authority of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to demand an explanation from the Sandiganbayan on its approval of the plea bargaining agreement forged by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) comptroller, Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, and the Office of the Ombudsman was unwarranted.
Marquez questioned De Lima’s authority to demand such explanation from the Sandiganbayan, with him saying only the Supreme Court has the right to ask the anti-graft court justices on their decision.
Garcia accused of carting away hundreds of millions of pesos in what are believed to be AFP funds pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of indirect bribery which carries a mere six years of imprisonment against life imprisonment for plunder.
“I don’t think we have to wait for a damage to be done first before we take certain actions. Our only position is that you represent the real standpoint of the public. We cannot be expected to just sit around while these things are happening,” Valte said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110116hed2.html
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