Merci files contempt raps vs Marcelo, Villa-Ignacio for lies By Charlie V. Manalo 02/11/2011

Merci files contempt raps vs Marcelo, Villa-Ignacio for lies

By Charlie V. Manalo 02/11/2011

The Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of the Special Prosecutor asked the Sandiganbayan the other day to cite in contempt its former bosses, former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo and Dennis Villa-Ignacio, for allegedly fooling and deceiving President Aquino and the public as to the truth on the case of former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Gen. Carlos Garcia.

In a 22-page Petition to Cite Respondents Simeon Marcelo and Dennis Villa-Ignacio for Indirect Contempt, Chief Ombudsman Merceditas Navarro-Gutierrez and Special Prosecutor Wendell Barreras-Sulit stated that both Marcelo and Villa-Ignacio have lied and maliciously deceived Aquino and the public in their letter when they stated that the case against Garcia is strong because the demurrer to evidence was denied by the Sandiganbayan.

The Ombudsman argued that there is no such a pleading involving a demurrer to evidence and there is no resolution of the Sandiganbayan involving the matter.

The petition added the two are even trying to influence the Sandiganbayan 2nd Division as to how it should resolve the case of Garcia..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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