The widow of slain Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo on Tuesday stated somebody could also be manipulating the suspects within the killing of her husband following the recantation of one in every of them.
“Sa paniniwala namin, the recant[ation] of this suspect is brought about by some people at the agency na talagang ‘yun ‘yung gumawa ng paraan,” Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo instructed Dobol B TV.
(In our perception, the recantation of this suspect is caused by some folks on the company who made it occur.)
“It could be someone who used to work with the agency or it could be someone who used to work with the agency and is trying to manipulate some people who are currently working at the agency,” she added.
Degamo floated the concept after one of many suspects, Osmundo Rivero, claimed he was coerced into pointing to suspended Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. because the one who ordered the killing of Degamo.
Rivero stated the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) lawyer assigned to him instructed him to simply give in to the calls for of the police to keep away from getting damage. This was denied by PAO lawyer Atty. Jason Bandal.
Three extra suspects within the Degamo assassination have to date recanted their statements.
Asked which company she was referring to, Mayor Degamo stated, “Saan ba sila nakalagay dati [who had them in custody before]?”
The mayor didn’t elaborate additional, however stated she has proof to point out that “something” occurred within the company.
She additionally refused to reply whether or not or not Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla knew in regards to the alleged maneuvering.
“Hindi ko na lang sabihin kung alam o hindi [I won’t tell if he knows about it or not]. But the person I knew from there, I told him…I think that there is a need to correct. If there is a need to correct, they have to see to it that they will really correct,” Mayor Degamo stated.
The Department of Justice earlier stated that the testimonies of suspect-witnesses within the homicide of Degamo weren’t coerced.
Teves, who’s overseas, has repeatedly denied involvement within the killing of Degamo. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
