Word: sandiganbayan
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...only respite from this room are his trips to the antigraft court, the Sandiganbayan, which he decries as "a waste of money. The cars, the helicopters, the riot squad, it costs too much." But he has no choice as he presses himself into a black, bulletproof Toyota Land Cruiser with his lawyers. On Commonwealth Avenue his jeep passes graffiti sprayed on the meridian: FREE ERAP, POLITICAL PRISONER; and then swings into the guarded parking lot behind the building...
...soldiers who escorted Aquino from the plane. They insisted that Galman, a small-time gangster, suddenly appeared and fired the fatal shots as Aquino walked across the tarmac. Galman, in turn, was then shot by security officers. Chief Prosecutor Manuel Herrera, who escorted the terrified Quijano into the Sandiganbayan, the court where the trial was in its eleventh week, did not ask her to name the assassin. But Herrera speculated that he could be Metrocom Constable Rogelio Moreno, who walked down the airplane stairway behind Aquino...
...should not be prosecuted, there would likely have been a national outcry. Conviction, however, is another matter. The accused will be arraigned this week and their joint trial may begin shortly thereafter. As many as 26 lawyers are expected to cross-examine witnesses before the three judges of the Sandiganbayan. "This is just a preview to a whitewash," said a Manila businessman after the indictments. Aquilino Pimentel, leader of the Democratic Party, has called Ver's indictment a ploy "to get acquitted and prevent any further charges against him." Said a member of Marcos' Cabinet: "If Ver ever gets reinstated...
...pass." Already the seven men implicated by Agrava had, he explained, been suspended from duty and confined to quarters. In addition, their cases would be sent to the Tanodbayan, a special prosecutorial panel that tries cases against government officials, and then to the special civilian tribunal known as the Sandiganbayan...
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