President Rodrigo Duterte should apologize to Filipinos for granting absolute pardon to US serviceman, Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, the counsel of the family of transgender woman Jennifer Laude said. | khallareINQ
Suarez, however, countered the President’s remark.
From the beginning of the trials of the Laude case, the lawyer pointed out that the Philippines “has not been able to take hold or custody” of Pemberton, but the US did.And during trials, Suarez said that US soldiers were inside the court while the Laude family only had their counsels, as well as the media being barred from getting in. This situation, Suarez added, was “very harassing and intimidating.
As Pemberton was convicted, Suarez said that the US serviceman was serving his sentence in a “privileged and [air-conditioned]-facility in Camp Aguinaldo with US Soldiers guarding him.”without even furnishing copies of pleadings and notices to the Laude and counsel, not even to the Public Prosecutor,” Suarez further argued.
The Laude family filed a motion for reconsideration on the Olongapo RTC’s order, but while the court was hearing the motion, it was when Duterte pardoned the US Marine, the lawyer added.“And you call this “unfair treatment” to Pemberton?” Suarez asked. “This is subserviency! A travesty of our dignity, democracy and sovereignty. A mockery of our legal and judiciary system.”
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