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They all want to get out of jail.
“The camp of former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan has cited the recent Supreme Court (SC) ruling on the bail petition of Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile to appeal his own plea for temporary freedom,” reports Janvic Mateo in The Philippine Star.
The Heffron, Esguerra, Dy, De Jesus & Chico law office, representing Ampatuan, is appealing the Sep 15 joint order of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes, who denied Ampatuan’s bail petition.
The report noted: “In his six-page motion for reconsideration, Ampatuan cited the recent SC ruling, which reiterated that no right to bail shall be recognized when it has been established that the evidence of guilt is strong. The former regional governor, through his lawyers, used this as a take-off point to argue that the evidence presented against him in connection with the Maguindanao massacre is not strong enough to warrant his continued detention.”
