PAO to file motion for reconsideration over Webb et al

DZIQ: PAO to file motion for reconsideration over Webb et al. acquittal

By Don Lejano
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 20:14:00 12/16/2010

MANILA, Philippines – Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta said Thursday that they would be filing a motion for reconsideration before the Supreme Court following its decision to acquit Hubert Webb and six others in the killing of three members of Lauro Vizconde’s family.

In a Radyo Inquirer interview, Acosta said that Vizconde, whose wife Estrellita and daughters Carmela and Jennifer were murdered in 1991, sought PAO’s help to study the legal remedies that could convince the high court to reconsider its decision.

“Lauro Vizconde does not have any income anymore… he is not connected to the government or any private entity so I could not say no to him,” Acosta told Willy Matawaran, host of Radyo Inquirer’s “Kumpadres.” She cited Republic Act 9406 as the reason for PAO’s decision to accept Vizconde as a client.

The PAO provides the underprivileged members of the society free access to courts by rendering legal services to ensure the rule of law.

Acosta also clarified the misconception that Vizconde could no longer appeal the high tribunal ruling, saying in Filipino that “this is still possible for as long as the Supreme Court has not ruled against the filing of a motion for reconsideration.”

Acosta said the points that they would want to raise would be the arguments for reconsideration and for the justices to take a second look at the case.


FROM: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20101216-309343/DZIQ-PAO-to-file-motion-for-reconsideration-over-Webb-et-al-acquittal