MANILA, Mar. 9 — The Palace said it remains committed to fighting corruption and helping reform the country’s judiciary to punish those who have committed wrongdoings.
“Hindi natitinag ang determinasyon ng pamahalaan na supilin ang katiwalian at korupsyon. Ang paglilitis ng mga sinampahan ng kaso ay nasa kamay ng hudikatura,” Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, Jr. said during a media briefing held in Malacañang Palace on Tuesday.
“Hinggil dito, batid natin na patuloy na nagsasagawa ng reporma ang Korte Suprema upang pabilisin ang resolusyon ng mga nakabinbing usapin sa mga hukuman,” he said when asked to comment on the issue that the Aquino administration is about to end in the next few months without seeing the conviction of high-profile personalities accused of corruption, among them former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and legislators involved in the pork barrel scam.
Attaining justice cannot be fully accomplished if those accountable could not be punished under the law, Secretary Coloma said.
When asked if the Palace is worried about statements made by politicians running for office that, if elected, they would free those who are detained for corruption, the Communications secretary said certain processes have to be followed.
“May proseso ang batas hinggil sa pagpapalaya ng mga detenido o detainees at dapat sundin ang batas sa lahat ng pagkakataon,” Coloma said. (PCOO/PND)