Victims’ lawyers hail court junking of Palparan bail plea

Victims’ lawyers hail court junking of Palparan bail plea

“Amidst the din and reverie of the past holidays and some mercurial election inanities, we were glad to learn that the trial court correctly denied Gen. Palparan’s delusional bid to be granted bail.”

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com

MANILA – Lawyers of the two disappeared University of the Philippine students hailed the decision of a Bulacan court, which denied the motion for bail of accused retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan who is facing kidnapping and illegal serious detention of the missing victims.

“Amidst the din and reverie of the past holidays and some mercurial election inanities, we were glad to learn that the trial court correctly denied Gen. Palparan’s delusional bid to be granted bail,” said Edre Olalia, secretary general of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), in a statement issued Jan. 6.

Judge Alexander Tamayo of Bulacan Regional Trial Court Branch 15 issued the decision on Dec. 14, 2015.

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