And you call yourself the justice secretary
I can’t believe Raul Pangalanan actually agreed with this.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima rightly says: “To have [our legal system] depend on faith and on the goodwill of the defendant/respondent is to make our criminal justice system the laughingstock of the entire world.”
It makes me wonder. Shouldn’t our legal system depend on the competence of its administrators, and not on the willingness of people to be put in jeopardy just so those administrators don’t end up looking like idiots?
Ping Lacson was a different case, of course. There was a valid warrant out for the arrest of that ghoul and he ran. In this case, I don’t know that the preliminary investigation for any of the cases has even been completed.
In fact, if de Lima wanted to point out anything that might make our legal system look moronic, she need look no farther than Lacson again. Apparently, all it takes to beat a warrant of arrest is to come back, declare that the new dispensation is going to treat him fairly, meet the President, and maybe have an hour-long circle jerk. Never mind the legal system then, eh, Leila?
Not now though. Looked at from a different point of view, maybe the reason Leila is being so anal now is precisely because of the bitch-slapping she got from Lacson. Out to prove a point, this lady probably is.
Still, the point should be made that her reasoning is moronic.
Allowing a person to enjoy her constitutional rights, no matter how hated she is, does not mean you are subordinating the legal system to her goodwill. You are simply giving her what the constitution says is due her. It sucks for you coz you so desperately don’t want to lose your advantage, but that’s precisely what the constitution wants: to give the citizen - especially the accused - the advantage over the machinery of government.
That’s civic education 101, bitch.
And you call yourself the justice secretary.
