Kahit wala pang inihahaing warrant of arrest, kinokonsidera nang isang pugante si Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., ayon kay Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla.
Ito ay tugon ni Remulla sa pahayag ng legal counsel ni Teves na ang mambabatas ay hindi isang takas sa batas dahil wala pang inihahain na arrest warrant ang gobyerno laban dito.
“When one is suspected of having committed a crime, he is already considered a fugitive; he just did not show up,” wika ni Remulla sa isang panayam ng ABS-CBN.
“The actions would speak louder than words. It’s that he is not showing up, that he is evading us, or trying to evade the law,” dagdag pa nito.
Matatandaang si Teves ay inituturing bilang isa sa mga mastermind sa nangyaring pamamaslang kay Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo at walong iba pa sa kanyang tahanan sa Pamplona noong Marso 4.
Ang mambabatas ay kasalukuyang nahaharap din sa mga reklamo kabilang ang mga pagpatay noong 2019, iligal na pag-aari ng mga baril at pampasabog.
Samantala, sinabi naman ni Remulla na sinusunod nila ang due process nang tanungin ito kung bakit wala pang warrant of arrest na inihahain laban kay Teves
“We want to push the process, but we’re talking about human rights and due process, that is how the law works, we have to respect the due process of law, whether how slow it is,” paliwanag ng kalihim.
“Unless in hot pursuit, we cannot arrest a person, we have to give him the light of day in court, or in the preliminary investigation,” dagdag nito.
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