Palace: No pointof comparison between Morong 43 and ‘mutineers’
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 12/19/2010That 38 out of the 43 jailed health workers who were already released the other day in time for next week’s holidays ahead of the 300-plus mutineers who were granted amnesty by President Aquino is not a quirk of fate, Malacañang yesterday said.
Deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte stressed that nothing is ironic with respect to the recent emancipation of the health workers known as “Morong 43” while those who were amnestied by Aquino remain in detention and might miss the celebration of the holiday season with their families.
Valte said there is no point of comparison between the two groups of individuals who were charged with different sets of crimes because the processes that govern their respective cases are entirely poles apart.
“On one hand, you have amnesty which requires the concurrence of Congress — meaning the Lower House and the Senate — and a case that is up for trial before the regional trial court. These processes are different,” Valte was quoted saying in a news briefing aired over the state-run radio dzRB..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101219hed3.html
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