Criminal raps by Monday, Merci not bound by IIRC report, DoJ chief concedes
By Benjamin B. Pulta
09/24/2010
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima yesterday said the Office of the Ombudsman is not necessarily bound by the Incident Investigation and Review Committee on the Aug. 23 hostage incident even as she added that criminal indictments will be initiated by Monday against up to seven of 13 individuals named in the IIRC report.
De Lima, also the chairman of the IIRC, said the committee will be coming up with an addendum to the report submitted to President Aquino last week to be released on Monday.
“Some individuals will be facing preliminary investigation for criminal charges to determine if probable cause exists to indict them before the regular courts of law,” she added.
According to her, it may be appropriate for the Ombudsman to consider waiting for the result of the review by Aquino’s legal team on the recommendations of the committee report before the graft body proceeds with its own investigation to avoid repeating what the IIRC covered in its investigation.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100924hed3.html
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