OH MY GOD, IF I WERE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LUY AND CUNANAN AS TO WHO IS MORE CREDIBLE AND FIT TO BE A STATE WITNESS, I WOULD READILY CHOOSE CUNANAN BASED ON HIS DEMEANOR AS A WITNESS, NATURE OF HIS TESTIMONIES AND THE LEAST GUILTY AMONG THE RESPONDENTS IN THE PLUNDER CHARGE.. IN MY 45 YEARS OF ACTIVE TRIAL WORK, CUNANAN WILL BEAT LUY TO THE HILTS. IN THE FIRST PLACE, LUY IS AT PAR WITH NAPOLES IN RAIDING THE NATIONAL COFFERS OF BILLIONS OF PESOS. SO , WHY SHOULD I LET HIM GO SCOT-FREE AND LIVE A LIFE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAXPAYERS MONEY. LIKE SEC. ABAD, THEY ARE ALL PRINCIPAL BY DIRECT PARTICIPATION. THE CRIME OF PLUNDER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED HAD THEY DESISTED FROM EXECUTING THEIR CRIMINAL DESIGNS. BUT THEN AGAIN, CUNANAN COULD NOT ALSO BE QUALIFIED AS A STATE WITNESS BECAUSE HE CONTINUES TO DENY COMMISSION OF THE ACT OF PLUNDER WHILE LUY HAS ADMITTED HIS GUILT AND PARTICIPATION. CUNANAN COULD SIMPLY BE AN ORDINARY WITNESS SUMMONED BY THE PROSCUTOR TO TESTIFY ON CERTAIN PROCEDURAL ASPECT OF HOW PLUNDER WAS COMMITTED. ON THE OTHER HAND, I AM AMAZED BY THE DECISION OF THE DOJ NOT TO INCLUDE SEC. ABAD AS A RESPONDENT WHEN HE AUTHORIZED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THE RELEASE OF FUNDS ASKED BY NAPOLES. HAD ABAD INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY THE REQUEST FOR SARO AND THE RELEASE OF THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND RAISE ALARMS CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT IINVOLVED , PLUNDER OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED. IS THERE POLITICS ON THESE MESS? YES SIREE .
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:38:57 +0000
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