Roberto V. Ongpin: ‘Snake pit’ beckons
By Fernando del Mundo
When the phone rang one day in May 1979, he was not to know that he would be caught in one of the most tumultuous chapters in Philippine history.
When the phone rang one day in May 1979, he was not to know that he would be caught in one of the most tumultuous chapters in Philippine history.
Rumors linking Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s son Jack to the death of movie actor Alfie Anido in 1981 was the handiwork of the late Fabian Ver and were apparently devised to get even with Enrile, who was then pressing an investigation of Ver’s role in several attempts to kill a rival over a woman.
A civil rights lawyers group has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its ruling that nullified a Quezon City court’s award of damages to 19 victims of torture committed by the military during martial law under then armed forces chief of staff Fabian Ver and several of his subordinates, including then lieutenant colonel now senator Panfilo Lacson.
A group of lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that affirmed the 2003 decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the award for damages against now Senator Panfilo Lacson and several others arising from a torture conducted during the martial law era.
A lawyers’ group on Saturday assailed a Supreme Court decision reversing a lower court’s award of damages to alleged torture victims of the late General Fabian Ver, then Lieutenant Colonel Panfilo Lacson and other ex-Marcos military officers.
