Benito and Wilma Tiamzon board a bus at their inquest earlier in March 2014 file photo. INTERAKSYON.COM
The Office of the Solicitor General has filed a motion to cancel the bail of spouses Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, consultants of the National Democratic Front in the peace talks.
The OSG motion paves the way for the arrest of the consultants following successive actions by the government - on orders of President Duterte - effectively scuttling the seven-month talks, which just concluded their third round in Rome. A meeting in The Hague is scheduled in the third week of February.According to Solicitor General Jose Calida, the OSG motion was based on the Supreme Court decision that allowed the temporary release of the NDF consultants, who were facing charges in courts around the country.
The SC decision, Calida pointed out, imposed conditions on the provisional liberty and made it clear their freedom was being allowed solely for the purposes of the peace talks.
Therefore, once the negotiations are terminated, the SC order stated that the bail bond is automatically deemed cancelled.
Calida said that since Duterte had cancelled the peace talks, the provisional liberty for the NDF consultants is no longer allowed.
The consultants should be immediately returned to prison or be considered fugitives, added Calida.
http://interaksyon.com/article/137084/solgen-files-motion-to-cancel-bail-for-ndf-consultants-tiamzon-couple
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