Vizconde fever

(First published online on December 18, 2010)

Author's Note: It has been two months since I did my last blog entry, but as I enjoy my vacant schedule now, I just want to voice out my not-so-famous sentiments about the current issues covering the nation today. For the record, I'm not the spokesperson of the Supreme Court and definitely of Webb et al., though I'm willing to accept a post for the Supreme Court if I will be asked, haha. Just joking. Photo courtesy of cleverjustice.com

I was exactly 1 year, 7 months and 22 days old when the grisly massacre of the Vizconde family occurred so if you’ll ask me who did it, clearly, I will just laugh at you.

However, with the nature of my work today, I know that I have at least a 90% capability to point out what happened on the ‘acquittal’ verdict of the Supreme Court.

First and foremost, there is a reason as stated in the Constitution why the Supreme Court acts as the final arbiter. The justices are posted in the High Tribunal because people believed on their intelligence and ability to provide a fair and sound judgment plus a reasonable opinion to make the final say on every case. They were chosen through a very decisive manner by a pool of credible people and were formally appointed by the head of the state. So if we denounced them, the knife inculcated in our mean statements will likely just point right back at us. Thus, we must still have faith that their decisions, no matter how controversial, were still based on ground facts and not on mere hearsay. 

Second, as I stated, their decision wasn’t pulled out from the thin air, it was and should always be based on ground facts. By saying that their ruling was based on technicalities of the evidences filed by the defense then I can clearly point out that they did or said the right thing. They were not influenced by the shout of careless people pointing to those individuals who they believed to be behind the attack.

I am not saying that they were not the true perpetrators, I’m only stating the fact that if the prosecution failed to pin them down then there are high chances that Webb and the others were innocent of the crime. However, if they really did it, I also believe in divine justice that if they were not convicted in the law of man then their souls will definitely rot in hell.

Now, what were some of the technicalities or grounds pointed and supported by the high court?
1. Jessica Alfaro was found to be an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation and was not really an eyewitness. She may have perjured most of her statements but the High Court still believed that her act was merely to route the investigation and pin who she supposed to have done it. Alfaro is now missing/hiding in United States and I challenge her that if the High Court made a wrong decision then prove herself in court once more and never hide abroad.

2. There were also discrepancies in Alfaro’s statement unlike Hubert Webb who presented the strongest alibi in court. Webb claimed that he was in United States during the night of crime and it was heavily verified by officials from the foreign government. There were people saying that Webb just paid for these officials to say such verifications but once again, I challenged them to show evidences regarding their accusations.

3. There were lots of people vouching for Webb that he’s outside the country and they all testified under oath unlike those people who open the idea of bribery but never really showed up in the 19-year course of the trial. If Webb really paid those people who vouched for him then how come they passed through the heavy cross-examination of the prosecution? Like what philosophers say, it’s always easy to tell the truth than lie, most specially if you’re under stress.

I feel sorry for Mr. Lauro Vizconde for he looked at the wrong guys but instead of pitying the old guy, let’s just hold hands and find who the real culprit was. There was still six months to solve this case before its prescription expires but let’s get the most of it to still attain justice for Estrelita, Carmela and Jennifer. It may be impossible but with the help of God, though everybody’s cooperation then we can still solve it. 

Finally, stop bickering over the Supreme Court’s verdict for it doesn’t help. To those who don’t believe in the Supreme Court because of what their feelings say, isn’t it only because like Mr. Lauro; all this time, the prosecution made you think that they really got the guys when the truth is they just want to get this over with? Now if you have information to pin down Webb et al., why didn’t you surface and shared light back then?! You could have been the missing piece. Nevertheless, by not having the courage to stand out there, you must blame no one but yourself.