“I still have not read the entire decision. But it’s a victory for the prosecution, so as SOJ I am happy about the outcome of the trial,” Guevarra said.
National Union of People’s Lawyers president Edre Olalia called the charges as “politically motivated persecution and hardline attack because resurrected out of nowhere.” Olalia lamented that the conviction of the couple “closes doors and windows to peaceful settlements” with the communist rebels since the couple are members of the communist group’s peace panel and consultants.
Judge Alfonzo Ruiz II of the Quezon City RTC Branch 216 found the couple guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention.
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