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| Ex-Justice chief to Lacson: Don’t hide |
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| Tuesday, 09 February 2010 19:48 |
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DAGUPAN CITY – Former Justice Secretary Silvestre Bello yesterday urged Sen. Panfilo Lacson to come out and face the charges filed against him. “Flight is an indication of guilt. If you are innocent, fight the case. Don’t hide. There are so many legal remedies available for you,” Bello said. He said Lacson should not heed Sen. Gringo Honasan’s advice to hide and disguise himself. “If you are innocent, face it. You will be provided by the constitution with so many legal remedies. And the most important protection under the constitution is that you are presumed innocent until proven otherwise. And your guilt must be proven by evidence beyond reasonable doubt,” Bello told Lacson. He clarified reports that he volunteered his services for the senator. “I’m now back to my old love, law practice. I’m not offering my services to him, but if the senator will engage my services, why not. We lawyers do not judge, we advocate. When a client comes to us and seek our assistance, we do not ask kung sino ka o ano ka.The only question we ask is if he or she is guilty or not,” he said. Bello dispelled fears that President Macapagal-Arroyo will push Lacson’s conviction for the killing of Salvador”Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito. “The one who will convict or acquit Lacson is not President Arroyo, much less the Senate. It is only the court that will adjudicate a case,” Bello, who is running for senator under Lakas-Kampi CMD, said. |
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