Press
Statement
12 August 2014
As today dawns, almost three years after a Bulacan court ordered
his arrest, retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan is now within the reach of the
law and hopefully, Lady Justice with the sword and the scales.
Although long in coming, it's never too late for justice to catch up. Palparan's arrest comes as the defense for two other accused military officers prepares to wrap up on Monday, 18 August 2014, when his own will begin.
What happens thereafter will come under close scrutiny, here and abroad. Palparan must face the music and the full wrath of the Furies for all the crimes credibly imputed to him - extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests and other gross human rights violations, all done without compunction and aggravated by his signature braggadocio.
He must be treated no different than any other in jail, and made to wait out the time until judgment day.
Palparan's arrest is an important reminder of how persistence and firm resolve of victims, their families and human rights defenders pay off in the long run.
For even those who place themselves above the law meet their match, and more pointedly, those who take the law into their own hands can find no permanent refuge in fantasies of invincibility.
His arrest is also a challenge to our legal and political system, inasmuch as it is a measure of moral fortitude and rectitude.
With boundless hope and bated breath, mayhap justice find its place amidst tragedy and the many lives that have been snatched, futures destroyed and agonizing years that have passed.
Reference:
Edre U. Olalia
NUPL Secretary General
+639175113373
Although long in coming, it's never too late for justice to catch up. Palparan's arrest comes as the defense for two other accused military officers prepares to wrap up on Monday, 18 August 2014, when his own will begin.
What happens thereafter will come under close scrutiny, here and abroad. Palparan must face the music and the full wrath of the Furies for all the crimes credibly imputed to him - extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests and other gross human rights violations, all done without compunction and aggravated by his signature braggadocio.
He must be treated no different than any other in jail, and made to wait out the time until judgment day.
Palparan's arrest is an important reminder of how persistence and firm resolve of victims, their families and human rights defenders pay off in the long run.
For even those who place themselves above the law meet their match, and more pointedly, those who take the law into their own hands can find no permanent refuge in fantasies of invincibility.
His arrest is also a challenge to our legal and political system, inasmuch as it is a measure of moral fortitude and rectitude.
With boundless hope and bated breath, mayhap justice find its place amidst tragedy and the many lives that have been snatched, futures destroyed and agonizing years that have passed.
Reference:
Edre U. Olalia
NUPL Secretary General
+639175113373
*NUPL serves as private prosecutors in People v. Palparan, the
case for abduction and torture of the two UP students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn
Cadapan.
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