Even as Palace aides deny that partisan politics is at play in charging only the political foes of Noynoy and his Liberal Partymates, evidence of their selective prosecution and selective justice always sprouts, the latest being Justice chief Leila De Lima’s clear plan of dropping Tesda chief, Joel Villanueva from the so-called Third Batch, which is taking an inordinately long time to file. Villanueva has been linked to the pork barrel scam. Tribune sources have already said that De Lima is definitely dropping Villanueva from her claimed Third Batch of accused in the pork barrel, which dovetails with her earlier claim that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) forgery experts have found that the documents bearing the signature of Villanueva have been forged. That certainly is very, very, convenient, considering that the NBI is a bureau under Leila, who certainly can order her NBI team to “lose” the evidence that would pin down the allies, just as Budget chief Butch Abad “lost” the special release allotment orders of Noynoy’s allies in the Senate and the House, but was miraculously able to hand over 100 percent of the SAROs of the three opposition senators to Commission on Audit chief Grace Pulido-Tan, another lapdog of Noynoy, who certainly could have obtained the copies of all the SAROs of both allies and foes of Noynoy through her auditors, which she never did to equalize her “kahindik-hindik” special audit report. Or, Leila can always tell her NBI team to ensure that even if the signatures are genuine, as in the case of the Tesda chief, the same documents signed by him will be declared by the NBI as “forged.” Similarly, in the case of the political foes, who would be the targeted opposition senators, such as Senators Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce-Enrile and their aides, even when these are forgeries, the same Leila and her NBI will state that the signatures are genuine. But of course, since they have been targeted by the administration. Recall that the same NBI, on the issue of the signatures of the late Ignacio Arroyo, compared to the signature of the signature of then First Gentleman Mike Arroyo, was declared to be that of Iggy Arroyo, then a private citizen, even when it was clearly not Iggy’s signature. If the NBI fingerprint experts could lie then, why not now? Things certainly have not changed in the way partisan politics is being played out by whoever is in power and position. Recall too, the fact that Leila de Lima, never even bothered about nabbing then fugitive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson nor even bothered to elevate the court of appeals decision favoring Lacson to the Supreme Court (SC). After all, Ping was a supporter of Noynoy in the 2010 presidential polls, even having his staff work for the campaign of Noynoy. In much the same way, Leila’s whistle-blowers, especially Benhur Luy and others in his group, were clearly coached by Leila and her DoJ-NBI team, and moreover, even the so-called Luy ledger “evidence” was concocted and rushed just last year — when the pork barrel scam broke out, with Leila and her whistle-blowers as well as the yellow media focusing on just the three opposition senators, even when there were more than 100 legislators who have been linked to the pork barrel scam. Leila and Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, both certified lackeys of Noynoy and the LPs, love to claim that they have enough evidence to convict, just as Noynoy says the same, even when they know that the evidence is pretty weak to convict the three opposition senators and even some of their aides who stand accused of the same crime of plunder. What is more accurate is that today, with them in power and position and with Malacañang in virtual control of the Sandiganbayan justices, and yes, at times, the SC itself as in the reported draft ruling on the Disbursement Acceleration Program that will be declared unconstitutional but will spare Noynoy, Butch Abad and the Executive Secretary, from being penalized, by merely ruling that their involvement was either done in good faith or “prospective,” these same officials can ensure that no bail will be granted to the three opposition senators. But check again on the cases they had filed. Too many of them have been dismissed by the courts, owing to lack of evidence to convict the accused. Take for instance the plunder case against former President Gloria Arroyo. No matter the fact that the prosecution has failed to prove its case against her, as even the prosecution witnesses failed to provide any documentary and testimonial evidence against her, she remains incarcerated — and only because Noynoy is still president, and the prosecution takes its orders from the pseudo independent Morales who in turn follows the orders of Noynoy. But that’s what always happens when justice is selective. It may just be the turn of those in power today to be charged and held accountable for all their sins committed against the Constitution and against the Filipino people tomorrow.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 01:35:18 +0000
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