Opinion 12/4/15 (Philippines, presidential elections, Duterte, VFA, justice)

By Anonymous

Inquirer about VFA and justice system
A pity we don’t protect our own as zealously as the Americans protect their soldiers. The issue is that a crime was proven beyond reasonable doubt to have been committed against a Filipino citizen, in her own country. Conviction should carry the penalty that would have been meted out to a Filipino; the convicted should suffer the same sanctions as Filipinos convicted of the same crime would suffer, regardless of “the conditions inside Bilibid.” [full text]

Sun.Star Cebu on Duterte and presidency
THE candidacy for president of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and the subsequent controversy he whipped up over his supposed cursing of Pope Francis during a traffic gridlock caused by his visit to the Philippines in January seems to have put a different spin to the current electoral discourse. The question on what kind of president the country needs at this stage has been put to the fore. Duterte, after all, offers a unique approach in dealing with some of the country's problems. [full text]

Manila Bulletin about political campaigning
It is still a long way before the start of the election campaign for national positions, but political ads of presidential candidates have already become a daily part of our television viewing. There was a law against “premature campaigning” but in 2009, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Penera vs. Commission on Elections that under the New Poll Automation Law, an election crime is punishable only during the campaign period. [full text]

Philippine Star on whistle blower ambush
Less than a month after a regional trial court judge was shot dead in Malolos, Bulacan, the city engineer of San Jose del Monte in the same province was ambushed in Sta. Maria town the other day. [...] Gravador is a whistle-blower in a plunder complaint filed against San Jose del Monte Mayor Ernest San Pedro and 16 other city officials. Probers are looking at the case as a possible motive for the ambush. [full text]

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