Palparan’s legal maneuver sign ‘world getting smaller’ for fugitive general – lawyer
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, InterAksyon.com
November 2, 2012

MANILA, Philippines — A private prosecutor in the criminal case against the fugitive Jovito Palparan said on Friday the retired general‘s newest legal maneuver indicated that “his world is getting smaller every day.”

Human rights lawyer Edre Olalia, lead counsel of the families of Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan urged the Court of Appeals not to heed Palparan’s petition questioning the jurisdiction of the Bulacan regional trial court to try him for the abduction of the two University of the Philippines students.

Empeno and Cadapan have remained missing since they were snatched by alleged military intelligence under Palparan’s command in 2006.

In a statement, Olalia said Palparan’s petition “is an afterthought as he is clutching at the remaining thin straws of legal maneuvers that he could futilely resort to. Probably his world is getting smaller every day so he is desperately trying to preempt and delay the inevitable.”

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