SEEKS DISMISSAL, SAYS OMBUDSMAN ALREADY DISMISSED CASE
GMA: No proof of plunder
By Benjamin B. Pulta 07/23/2011No plunder. No proof. Forum shopping. No Chavez allegation of her having personally benefitted from the alleged diversion of the funds.
These in a nutshell, comprised former President Gloria Arroyo’s defense as she personally filed her counter-affidavit yesterday morning before the Department of Justice (DoJ) in connection with the P550-million plunder complaint filed against her for the supposed misuse of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) funds.
In a 58-page counter-affidavit, the current Pampanga Representative denied the accusation of former Solicitor-General Francisco Chavez that she had conspired with her Cabinet officials to divert OWWA funds to bankroll her campaign.
In her counter-affidavit, Mrs. Arroyo said the complainant, former Solicitor General Francisco Chavez, was unable to present sufficient proof that she accumulated ill-gotten wealth, the primary element that constitutes plunder.
“At no time does complainant allege with particularity, much less attempt to establish through competent proof, that respondent or any of her co-respondents amassed, accumulated, or acquired the asset, property, business enterprises or material possession, asserted to have been ‘ill-gotten,’” Arroyo’s counter affidavit stated..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110723hed1.html
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