Pagkampi ni Locsin kay Satur sinagot ng Palasyo

IGINIIT ng Palasyo na personal na pananaw lamang ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin ang pagkampi kay dating Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo matapos hulihin kasama ang 17 iba pa dahil umano sa human trafficking.

“As a response to queries arising out of the the tweets of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. who slammed the arrest of former legislator Satur Ocampo, we wish to state that his personal position on the matter does not reflect the official view of the administration on the issue,” sabi ni Presidential Spokesperson at Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo.

Ito’y matapos namang ipagtanggol ni Locsin si Ocampo sa kanyang tweet kung saan kinuwestiyon niya ang alegasyon ng human trafficking laban sa dating mambabatas.

“Human trafficking? Bullshit. I won’t even bother to get the other side. I know Satur. We protected him in our Congress against warrants of arrest,” sabi ni Locsin sa kanyang tweet.

Idinagdag ni Panelo na nagkasama sina Locsin at Ocampo sa Kongreso.

“Friendship however does not give birth to the conclusive conclusion that a person charged of a crime is innocent nor does a charge sheet automatically make such individual guilty thereof. That is precisely why the Constitution grants every citizen the presumption of innocence and burdens the state to prove the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt,” ayon pa kay Panelo.

Sinabi pa ni Panelo na dapat ipaubaya na sa korte ang kaso laban kina Ocampo.

“We thus reiterate our advice to all parties to trust the process without hasty and premature judgements. Let the legal mechanism work as it should. That is what the Rule of Law is all about. The law hears before it convicts, and it hears before it acquits as well,” giit ni Panelo.