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No hope for progress FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/09/2010

Friday, July 9, 2010

No hope for progress



FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
07/09/2010
Former Aggie chief Luis “Cito” Lorenzo slipped into the country recently, attended a yellow party, met up with Noynoy Aquino, who speaks of an immunity grant for him, while Lorenzo says he is now willing to testify on what he knows about the P728-million fertilizer fund scam.

But where is he going to testify, and when does he get immunity as a state witness?

The Truth Commission, which has no powers to prosecute, nor, for that matter, grant Lorenzo immunity for testifying before this body that is to be headed by the disgraced former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Hilario Davide Jr., one who does not abide by the Rule of Law?

It is usual to first charge an accused for the crime, and if he is found to be the least guilty, he can then become a state witness and granted immunity from suit.

So who is to charge Lorenzo before he testifies? Davide and his Truth Commission? Impossible, unless again, the rules will be ignored, as they were ignored in the plunder case against former President Joseph Estrada.... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100709com2.html


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