The
sinful truth is a scandal waiting to happen.
Recently
there is a public discussion between the film “Jacquiline Comes
Homes” which tells the story of the after events of the Chiong
murder case in 1997, a case which shook the nation and “Give up
tomorrow” a documentary film which tells the side of one of the accused and how abuse and unfair justice system played a huge role
in the case.
Evil
deeds can ruin one simple innocents' lives, a scary fact one must be
aware of. In
the case of the Chiong sisters' story, a set of questionable events
and reasons for the results of the investigations of one of the main
suspect Paco Larrañaga
is a convincing display of how authorities can be abused with the
help of the manipulation of the media and how can it destroy life.
A
Background of the Chiong sisters story
Now, a few questions was raised during the case in favor of Larrañaga mainly
Larrañaga was in Manila at the time of the crime, the judge would fall asleep during court hearings, the Chiong's connection to the judge and then president Joseph Estrada, the “suicide” of the judge and the Chiong's star witness that says, he was forced by the police office to testify against the suspects.
First
Verdict against Larrañaga and his cohorts is Life Imprisonment but
was soon elevated by the Supreme Court to death penalty last 2004
which was then legal at the time case happened. Death penalty in the
country was declared illegal by the presient Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
in 2006. Larrañaga, was saved when the Spanish Government
intervened to help him since he is a Spanish citizen.
All
of these timeline was stated in the documentary “Give up tomorrow”.
Abuse
and Manipulation
Now,
how did manipulation and abuse of authority became a part of the
case?
In
fact, during the time of the case, the media sensationalized the
events even making a re enactment of what was said that happened
according to the testimony of the Chiong's star witness. One
broadcaster of a major televesion station (ehem,
ABS-CB*) even
made a personal attack against Larrañaga which a violation of the
KBP Broadcast code of the Philippines that states “Side
comments expressing personal opinions and insights while news is
being reported is prohibited.”
TO
CONCLUDE
Abuse
of authority combined with media manipulation is a lethal combination
that benefits only those who are in authority. Back then, it is easy
for liars to blind the people since the only source of information
available then was the media which could tell either the truth or
lies.
Thank
goodness for facebook, informations hidden by the media could now be
accessed by the people. There are no reason for one to be blinded by
the media anymore unless one chose to do so.
As
for the rotten unfair justice system, the majority of the public
appeals for a fair judgement. We are not defending the accused nor
are we allowing criminal acts to do crimes regularly. We only appeal
for a fair judgement from you. Convict only the proven convicted not
the innocents.
We
do hope and pray for a fair and unbiased judgements. We love the
Philippines and it's so painful for us to hear this types of cases.
We pray this case get settled fairly.
To
God be the Glory!
KAMPAI!
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