Bolante son seeks father’s house arrest
By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:18:00 11/18/2008
Filed Under: Joc-joc Bolante
MANILA, Philippines -- The son of former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Jocjoc" Bolante has asked the Court of Appeals to allow his father to be placed under house arrest.
In his omnibus motion and compliance report, Owen Vincent Bolante told the appeals court that pending its decision on the petition for habeas corpus he filed on behalf of his father, the former agriculture official be placed under house arrest instead of being detained at the Senate.
The young Bolante also submitted a compliance certificate from his father’s doctor, Dr. Romeo Saavedra, that the former official was confined at St. Luke’s Medical Center from October 28 to November 8.
It also indicated the medical examinations conducted on Bolante and their results.
In his petition, Owen Bolante claimed his father's detention is unlawful and his immediately release is necessary.
He said the arrest order issued by the 13th Senate in 2005 is no longer valid because the chamber is not a continuing body.
Bolante added that while the Senate has the power to cite in contempt and order the arrest of individuals, this power is not absolute.
He said at present, the Senate is not conducting any inquiry and is not even in session.
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