Arroyos should be prosecuted, not persecuted

Former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo has filed perjury charges against a former friend, Archie Po, in the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office on the latter’s testimony at the Senate blue ribbon committee.

Po said the two used helicopters he sold to the Philippine National Police (PNP) were passed off as brand-new upon Arroyo’s instructions.

Po is a liar, Arroyo claims; hence, the perjury charges.

Perjury is lying under oath.

When he testified before the Senate, Po was under oath.

Now, which one of the two is a liar: Po, a guy with simple ways whose honest dealings with customers have resulted in successful businesses; or Arroyo, who has been allegedly involved in many shady deals?

Po was under duress when he sold Arroyo’s used choppers to the PNP because he had no choice; “Big Mike” could get back at him if he disobeyed.

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Mike Arroyo is probably living in a time warp. He  thinks that his wife is still president of the country.

When the Arroyos were in power, journalists who wrote adverse reports about Big Mike were harassed with libel suits;  and, in my case, robbery-extortion.

All the cases he filed against the journalists who crossed him were fast-tracked and the courts which handled those cases immediately issued warrants for the arrest of the respondents.

The Arroyos knew how to wield power to their and their friends’ advantage.

Their eldest son, Mikey Arroyo, got actor Dennis Roldan off the hook on a kidnapping case by asking the court hearing the case for him to post bail.

Kidnapping is a non-bailable offense.

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It’s pay-back time for the Arroyos.

The Universe is making them feel the humiliation and fear they made the victims of their arrogant ways suffer.

That’s poetic justice.

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The Arroyos should be made to answer for robbing the country blind when they were in power.

But they should be prosecuted, not persecuted.

There’s a whale of a difference between prosecution and persecution.

The first is right and legal, the other, vindictive and immoral.

Sen. Ping Lacson’s emissary interviewed former Commissioner Mar General of the National Police Commission on his knowledge about the gross overprice in the repair of V-150 armored personnel carriers of the police.

When Lacson’s emissary learned from General that Mike Arroyo had no hand in the shady deal, he became disinterested.

“Why are they selective?” asked General.