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.
