While President Aquino may not have acted on a recommendation to set them free by Christmas, the five convicted killers of Army Lt. Col. Rolando Abadilla should not lose hope, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said.
The hopes of the “Abadilla 5,” in prison since 1996, that they would be home for Christmas have been dashed. President Benigno Aquino III did not act favorably on the recommendation of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to grant executive clemency to the five convicted killers of Lt. Col. Rolando Abadilla, an intelligence chief of the Philippine Constabulary who gained notoriety as an alleged torturer of political prisoners during martial law.
The “Abadilla 5,” languishing in prison for years now, could finally be home for Christmas.
President Benigno Aquino III continues to evaluate the Board of Pardons and Parole’s (BPP) recommendation for the commutation of the sentences of five men convicted of the 1996 killing of Lt. Col. Rolando Abadilla, Malacañang said Saturday.
President Benigno Aquino III continues to evaluate the Board of Pardons and Parole’s recommendation for the commutation of the sentences of five men convicted of the 1996 killing of Rolando Abadilla, Malacañang said Saturday.
After languishing in prison for 16 years, one of the five men convicted for the 1996 killing of Col. Rolando Abadilla is puzzled why President Aquino still hasn’t acted on a September 2011 recommendation commuting their sentence.
Relatives of the so-called Abadilla 5 picketed the Supreme Court and the Department of Justice on Friday to renew their call for the commutation of the sentences of their loved ones, who were sent to life in prison after being convicted of the 1996 murder of a police colonel.
The spouses of two of those convicted in the 1996 killing of Colonel Rolando Abadilla on Wednesday asked Justice Secretary Leila De Lima anew to pardon their husbands.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Saturday said she was hopeful that Malacañang would soon decide on the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP) that life sentences of the so-called Abadilla 5 would be commuted.
The five men collectively called “Abadilla 5” who were convicted for the murder of Colonel Rolando Abadilla in 1996, are optimistic that they will be spending their Christmas with their families.
The recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Parole for the commutation of the life sentences of those convicted of the murder of Marcos-era police official Rolando Abadilla has yet to reach the desk of President Benigno Aquino III, a Malacañang aide said on Saturday.
One stroke of the presidential pen, and their nearly two-decade-long ordeal will be over. The Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP) has recommended to President Benigno Aquino III the commutation of the life sentences meted out to the so-called “Abadilla 5” for the assassination of a dreaded martial law enforcer, a fitting end to their struggle to sustain their plea of innocence, according to the chief public defender.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday met with the members of the so-called Abadilla 5 at the New Bilibid Prisons, acknowledging the letter of appeal they sent to her last week seeking executive clemency. She went to the areas where the convicted killers of Metrocom intelligence chief Col. Rolando Abadilla were incarcerated and spoke [...]
