Apology not enough

“Jose Antonio Sanvicente Jr.’s mother tearfully pleaded for public understanding, and kissed the hand of an approaching PNP chief, whose desire to be so appointed awaits the act of the incoming president”

But no, the police tweedled, and virtually did little other than to admit they had already identified the driver. Strangely, the police did not detain Junior, stating that no charges were filed, and therefore, no warrant for his arrest authorized them to do so. That’s standard practice among the rich after they commit wrongdoings against a poor individual. But what about the police institution? Were they also pressured, and if so, by whom? Or were they persuaded in a “friendly” manner?

These are not ordinary government functionaries; they are even high party officials in the socialist regime. The “mastermind” was never detained. His protectors or confreres in high or low public office neither. And two underlings of the Chinese mastermind were released from detention after several months.Which reminds me of the fertilizer scandal in 2004 that made the Department of Agriculture outdo the DPWH as the “gold standard” in bureaucratic corruption.

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