Militants rushed to the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City Tuesday morning to protest its affirmation of the plea bargain deal between former Armed Forces comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia and the Office of the Ombudsman.
But the protesters, who included members of Akbayan, could not get near the area as security was tight for a presidential engagement at the nearby Commission on Audit, radio dzBB reported.
“Kung nagnakaw kayo pero nakipag-plea bargaining kayo, makakatakas kayo sa hustisya. Isa itong sampal sa mamamayan (If you steal from the nation but you enter into a plea bargaining agreement, you escape from justice. This is a slap to the people),” former party-list Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel said.
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