New charge, old case?
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Plunder charges were recommended by the Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary Leila de Lima for filing against retired Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff Diomedio Villanueva and Roy Cimatu, former comptrollers Carlos Garcia and Jacinto Ligot, and seven others accused of diverting and pocketing P2.3 billion in funds intended for troop salaries and combat needs.
But for at least one individual accused, wouldn’t there be a case of double jeopardy?
The whistle-blower, a former budget officer, testified that Villanueva earned some P227 million from the conversion of military funds. Cimatu was said to have pocketed around P140 during his short stint as AFP chief, he said. Both denied receiving any payoffs..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120107com1.html
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when 'the constitutional clock stopped' with the edsa 2 ouster of erap, blessed by the constitutionally hilarious davide, order and justice went down the sht yellow drain. naging whimsical, politically convenient, and unjust na ang pagpapatakbo ng gulong ng 'justice' system. para makabangon ang pinas, kailangang bumalik sa pre-edsa 2 and from that point bumalik tayo sa KATIPUNAN phase of the Himagsikan at ayusin ang lahat.
"The DoJ absolved 11 others, saying there was no sufficient evidence against them, such as former AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Efren Abu, Gen. Gaudencio Pangilinan, Generals Epineto Logico and Ernesto Boac, Capt. Kenneth Paglinawan, Col. Gilbert Gapay, Maj. Emerson Angulo, Col. Robert Arevalo and former State Auditors Arturo Besana, Crisanto Gabriel and Manuel Warren.
"Lucky devils. Those cleared must have connections with the new regime. Borac is one and Pangilinan is another."
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