The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) on Saturday known as the acquittal of Juanito Remulla III, son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, “short and quick,” saying that the identical therapy ought to be accorded to everybody else.
In a press release, NUPL identified the way it solely took 79 days for the Las Piñas Regional Trial Court (RTC) to arraign, conduct pre-trial, obtain proof, and draft and promulgate its judgment on the youthful Remulla.
“The mistrust arises from the fact that thousands of accused who do not bear the Remulla name have been rotting in detention for years, while many others had been summarily killed for alleged drug offenses and were never given their day in court,” the legal professionals’ group stated.
“For the nameless and disadvantaged, the right to speedy trial and disposition of cases is an illusion, such that if it becomes a reality for a few lucky ones—often the rich and the powerful—they find it hard to believe and can only sigh ‘sana all’ in the vain hope that the wheel of the justice will grind as fast for them as it did for Remulla,” it added.
On October 11, Juanito III was nabbed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group in a managed supply operation at Talos Dos, Las Piñas City.
Seized from the operation was a parcel containing P1.3 million price of suspected kush or high-grade marijuana.
However, the Las Piñas City RTC Branch 197 on Friday acquitted the Justice secretary’s eldest son, saying that there was no clear proof he had “freely, consciously, and with full knowledge possessed the alleged seized illegal drugs.”
Indicating the fast tempo of the Las Piñas court docket in resolving the case, NUPL stated that swift, expedient, and orderly administration of justice must also be given to all.
Secretary Remulla had stated he “did not interfere, in any way, with the process” within the acquittal of his son within the possession of unlawful medication case in opposition to him.
He additionally wished Juanito “additional redemption sooner or later.”
In a message to GMA News Online on Sunday, Remulla reiterated that he didn’t have any hand with the dealing with of the case.
He additionally stated there was no one that filed any motions or postponements relating to it, thus the pacing of its decision.
“I did not interfere with the case. I was told that no one filed any dilatory motions or any postponements,” he stated. —KG, GMA Integrated News
