plea bargain deal with Garcia

[jansky]

Agree ba kayo sa plea bargain agreement ni Garcia sa Ombudsman?

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=63
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=63

[_Qwerty_]

maling mali yan.. unang una alam na nga na ninakaw yung pera sa AFP.. eh bakit kalahati lang yung binawi nila.. bakit hindi yung buong amount??

[jansky]

probably ung kalahati eh under the table para mas lalong mapababa ung kaso

[vito corleone]

the poll should be:

1. execute garcia by firing squad
2. execute garcia by hanging
3. execute garcia by guilliotine

[simpleonin]

the poll should be:

1. execute garcia by firing squad
2. execute garcia by hanging
3. execute garcia by guilliotine

padagdag all of the above

[kotiko]

In contrary to what others say, I am in favor of the plea bargain agreement.

The problem with this issue is that the media and everyone else didn't follow the cases filed against Garcia when he was undergoing trial since 2004. It's only now that everyone's reacting, to think that no one really cared during the trial. Garcia even mentioned that there were barely anyone in the court room especially coming from the media all that time.

As what the prosecutors themselves said, the evidences against Garcia was weak and not enough to convict him of the plunder. Not all those stuff testified by Heidi Mendoza and Rabusa recently in public are necessarily admissible as evidence, or considered as strong evidence in actual court against Garcia.

Plunder is a complex crime and usually requires a whistleblower to make the case progress (like Chavit in Erap's case). Also, those "suppliers" who Garcia dealt with will not come out and testify for obvious reasons.

Garcia had already been in jail for 6 years. He was even acquitted in the perjury case filed against him. Like what the prosecutors had said, if they pursued the current case, he may even end up getting acquitted from plunder.

If you look at the case objectively, the plea bargain is in favor of the government since they'll be able to get P135M rather than lose the case altogether. Remember, the accused must be "guilty beyond reasonable doubt." In some countries, this is actually acceptable and would save time and resources for the government. It's just our culture that we'd rather see a guy rot in jail instead.

[ab_initio]

maling mali yan.. unang una alam na nga na ninakaw yung pera sa AFP.. eh bakit kalahati lang yung binawi nila.. bakit hindi yung buong amount??

i think because that's the only amount they have verified to have passed through Garcia. not all perceived losses are capable of verification. Garcia cannot just explained the loss of more than 300M, the prosecution, on the other hand, can only verify the loss of about 150M.

[oliver1013]

Its not what you know, its what you can prove. This is a country of faggots and cowards anyway so let's just live and let live nalang.