Koko’s ex-lawyer De Lima vows to go after Migz
By Angie M. Rosales. Benjamin B. Pulta and Virgilio Bugaoisan 08/05/2011Resigned Sen. Juan Miguel”Migz” Zubiri yesterday, through George Garcia, his legal counsel, withdrew his counter-protest against an electoral protest filed by lawyer Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel four years ago.
Garcia filed before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) in Quezon City a motion to withdraw and terminate Zubiri’s counter-protest against Pimentel, saying his client’s decision to withdraw the counter-charges will expedite the resolution of Pimentel’s election protest, stressing that if this counter protest is not withdrawn, the case may drag on for six years.
But the former election lawyer of Pimentel, now Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, said Zubiri is not in the
clear should the election fraud charges push through, vowing to go after Zubiri on fraud charges.
Speaking to newsmen, De Lima explained that cheating charges against Zubiri by his closest rival Pimentel would still have to be included in the joint investigation of the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Commission on Elections on fraud anomalies that hounded the 2004 and 2007 polls..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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