MALINAW NAMAN NA HINDI BINOTO NG TAONG BAYAN SI NOYNOY AT DINAYA LANG NYA SI ERAP THRU THE CIAS SMARTMATIC HOCUS PCOS. THIS IS WHY NOYNOY IS PROTECTING THE AMERICAN MURDERERS OF A FILIPINO CITIZEN. US dictates on Laude case It is now apparent that the American government will not hand over the suspect in the killing of transgender Jeffrey Laude, US Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, and four other soldiers who are either witnesses or co-suspects based on the latest statement issues from the United States Embassy. A preliminary hearing scheduled today on the Laude case would not have any of the four witnesses since the US Embassy statement indicated they were already deposed earlier and the presence of Pemberton will be his to make “in consultation with his Philippine legal counsel.” That is a complete turnaround from an earlier US Embassy statement that indicated the US government will make available to Philippine authorities the five US Marines including Pemberton in accordance with the provisions of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). The suspect or suspects and the witnesses are vital to the prosecution of the case. The statement, nonetheless, indicated that the witnesses will be made available during the actual trial. The witnesses will not appear on Tuesday, as they have already met their current legal obligations. In accordance with the VFA, the witnesses will be made available for the trial, it added. The Olongapo City Prosecutor’s Office had ordered five US Marines, including Pemberton, to appear before today’s formal hearing and give their depositions. The US government, nonetheless, continued giving its assurance that it will fully cooperate and collaborate with local authorities “in all aspects of the case.” The actions being taken, however, betray the likely future of the proceedings with the US government dictating the availability of the soldiers. Considering that the VFA has one year prescription on the prosecution of a case against American serviceman and the American government exercising full control over the availability of its soldiers, it seems that the fate of Pemberton is entirely in the able hands of the US government and not the Philippine courts. The worst insult is that the aggrieved nation has a president who is clearly following the American guideline on the incident. Not a sneeze has been heard from Noynoy since the killing of Laude and no official except for some representatives of the Department of Social Welfare and Development that visited the wake. Of course, Vice President Jojo Binay had condoled with the Laude family but not on the instance of Noynoy. His Palace mouthpieces offer no consolation to a nation which is again going through the trauma of its officials willingly allowing foreigners to trample its sovereignty. The reference would always be the VFA or the Mutual Defense Treaty provisions on the treatment of US soldiers which is already skewed largely in favor of the US and still further made oppressive with the passive collaboration of Noynoy. Abi Valte, one of the three apologists of Noynoy and now of the US government, was even caught quoting an agreement between the United States and the Philippines that the Supreme Court (SC) had already struck down as worthless since it was not in accordance with the VFA. The invalid agreement was signed by former Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo and US Ambassador Kristie Kenny in 2006 to settle the detention of Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith who was convicted of rape of a Filipina in Subic. The agreement, which Valte had quoted to defend the US American action on Pemberton, provided that the Philippines has criminal jurisdiction, while the US has custody over the suspect. “The same agreement does not stop us from asking for custody,” she said. The SC decision even ordered the Secretary of Foreign Affairs “to forthwith negotiate with the United States representatives for the appropriate agreement on detention facilities under Philippine authorities as provided in Article V, Section 10 of the VFA. The commonly agreed facility has never been the subject of subsequent discussions between the US and the Philippine governments which now leads back to the almost same situation with the Smith rape case. It is entirely humiliating to have a supposed president who falls silent on the death of a Filipino, so afraid of offending a foreign patron.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:47:41 +0000
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