Notes on the conduct of the investigation of the bloody Mamasapano encounter
Mga tala sa pagsasagawa ng imbestigasyon ng madugong engkwentro sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao
(there were reports of mutilation of the bodies, I do not know if these reports are true, but it brought me to produce these notes, on podcast. Mutilation, if shown to be true, are considered war crimes. Update: ABS-CBN’s Ciara Sembrano upon follow-up of Ted Failon reported that there was no mutilation of the bodies.)
Malacanang had imposed a complete news blackout on the bloody Mamasapano firefight pending an investigation and a meeting of the national security cluster committee… (this podcast plays automatically… or if the music clip in the widget plays, just click the play icon of this podcast)
Lulan ng mga kotse ng U.S. Embassy, napapalibutan ng U.S. security, no photos and videos allowed, dumating ang akusadong si Pemberton (People vs. Pemberton for murder, sa pagkapatay kay Jennifer Laude) sa Olongapo RTC kaninang umaga, at pagkatapos ay ibinalik din siya ng kanyang security sa kanyang tinutuluyan. #walangaresto #walangkulong (hindi siya arestado ng Pilipinas kasi walang control sa kanya ang ating hukom, ang may hawak sa kanya ay US security men, US vehicles, “US facility”, kaya ang hashtag nito ay #walangaresto #walangkulong )
[wait, here it is: every effort is made to be fair to all parties concerned, to the reading public, viewing audience, which includes disclosing any “conflict of interest” if eynee (any) so … in the interest of full disclosure, undersigned as PILC member handled the oral arguments in the first VFA case (petition) for Bayan (bagong Alyansang Makabayan) in the Supreme Court (cite as Bayan et al vs. Executive Secretary et al). Bayan was the lead party in that injunction case — a first for the alliance on the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of an act (you have no idea how many weeks and days and hours of internal debate, edits, finalization, etc. that went thru). Bayan was joined by several other petitioners represented by other law groups. for the oral arguments, i chose criminal jurisdiction for bayan, all the rest handled the validity of the ratification of the VFA)]
O sige na nga — para hindi mapahiya ang ating kawawang judge, the court could deputize the custodians and constitute the holding cell into an RTC Detention facility for this case para hindi tayo mukhang kawawa, that’s the graceful way out of this judicial embarassment in the meantime that the Liberal Party has not scrapped the VFa.
Para po ito sa mga mag-aaral ng batas sa media o media law. Karugtong ito ng natapos na talakayan sa klase ukol sa defamation o paninirang puri at ukol sa privileged communication o natatanging pinapahintulutang pahayag bilang eksepsyon sa libelo pananggalang sa libelo.
Natapos natin ang dalawang klase ng privilege, absolute at qualified. Natapos natin ang pitong kategorya ng qualified privileged communication. Natapos natin ang anim na kategorya ng pampublikong opisyal bilang paksa ng privileged communication batay sa jurisprudence. At ang talakayan sa kung sino at ano ang public figure o pampublikong personahe. May sampung kategorya ng kung sinu-sino ang public figure o pampublikong personahe batay sa jurisprudence. At inisa-isa natin ang sampung kategorya na ito. At gamit ang lahat ng batayang prinsipyo na ito, sinuma natin ito sa apat na layers o antas ng Public Figure Doctrine, batay sa jurisprudence. At yung pang-apat na antas, pinalawig natin ang isang bahagdan nito sa tatlo: reckless disregard for the truth, knowledge of falsity, facts to show motive for revenge, all categorized as malice-in-fact… this podcast plays automatically… (this podcast uses a few seconds of music from “Brave” by Sara Bareilles, performed live by Carole King and Sara Bareilles; photo by Myra Lambino; all used here non-commercially for academic purposes)…
