The criticism for the unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition, and explosives towards suspended Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. has been submitted for decision, his lawyer mentioned Friday.
“Submitted for resolution. Ibig sabihin ay meron na pong magiging resolution within the deadline. Tapos na po ang hearings dito,” Atty. Ferdinand Topacio mentioned in an ambush interview.
[This means a resolution will be forthcoming. The hearings have ended.]
According to Topacio, their camp filed a movement in search of the dismissal of the criticism in the course of the preliminary probe on the Department of Justice.
The 10-page movement moved for the dismissal of the criticism “for utter lack of evidence to support a finding of probable cause.”
In the movement, Teves’ camp argued that the alleged inadequate proof of the complainant towards him was not improved by the extra proof they submitted throughout a earlier listening to.
“Despite the ample opportunity allowed to the complainants, it miserably failed to prove the element of possession, the gravamen of both offenses,” the criticism learn.
“With such failure, the complaints are, thus, necessarily relegated to their original status as before the submission of their original evidence that is, it sustains no probable cause as, just the same, there remains no evidence of ‘the ownership or possession of the firearm, ammunition, or explosive.”
Teves’ camp additionally argued that there’s not sufficient proof to assist the possible trigger for bodily or constructive possession on his half.
“In sum, complainants, with their evidence, even left uncontroverted miserably failed to discharge their duty to establish probable cause against Respondent Teves as nothing has been shown to support his alleged constructive possession of any of the confiscated articles, much less of the premises where they were allegedly found,” it learn.
Meanwhile, respondent Jose Guimarangan additionally filed his counter affidavit.
“Itong counter affidavit naming ipa-file is only for the purposes of emphasizing the inaneness of the case filed against my client Jose Guimaran,” Atty. Michael Mella, Guimarangan’s lawyer, mentioned.
The CIDG on March 15 filed a criticism for unlawful possession of firearms towards Teves after authorities retrieved firearms, ammunition, and grenades from considered one of Teves’ properties in a raid.
For their half, Topacio has mentioned that the lawmaker doesn’t personal the firearms allegedly retrieved from his home. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
