Republic of the Philippines

House of Representatives

OFFICE OF HON. JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO

Representative, Lone District – San Juan City

 

PRESS STATEMENT

15 November 2011

 

 

REP. JV EJERCITO’S STATEMENT

ON THE SUPREME COURT’S RULING OVER GMA’S TRAVEL BAN

 

Though the Supreme Court has a legal basis in their recent decision on allowing the Arroyos to travel abroad, this is still contradictory to the will of majority of the Filipino people who yearn for justice for the past crimes committed by individuals from the Arroyo regime.

 

The ball is now on the hands of the Aquino government. They need to fast-track their legal assignment. Unfortunate as it is that that no legal case has been filed in any court of the land that could prevent the Arroyos from leaving the country, we cannot do anything right now but to accept it.

 

Hence, it is now urgent for the Aquino government to file, once and for all, necessary legal cases against the Arroyos, as I have urged them before. Only by filing cases can we hold the Arroyos accountable, and only through legal bases can we be ensured that they will come back here to face the music.

 

It is also imperative for us to look into the possible accountability of the so-called legal-experts who assisted Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in avoiding legal prosecutions. So that in the event that GMA decides not to come back and we have no way to force her to do so, at the very least, let us prosecute these legal consultants and lawyers for obstruction of justice at the very least.