{"id":113360,"date":"2017-08-22T21:53:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T01:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=113360"},"modified":"2017-08-22T21:54:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T01:54:03","slug":"aguirre-junks-call-to-axe-caloocan-fiscal-over-post-on-kians-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/22\/aguirre-junks-call-to-axe-caloocan-fiscal-over-post-on-kians-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguirre junks call to axe Caloocan fiscal over post on Kian’s case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Aguirre said that based on the information from the Caloocan Office of the City Prosecutor, there is no case filed so far on the matter. (PNA PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II rejected the call of Senator Franklin Drilon to dismiss Caloocan City prosecutor Darwin Ca\u00f1ete from his post over his comment in connection with the case of Grade 11 student Kian Loyd Delos Santos who was killed in the August 16 anti-drug operations in Caloocan.<\/p>\n

Drilon made the call following Ca\u00f1ete’s Facebook post saying it was \u201ctoo far-fetched\u201d that the 17-year-old victim was innocent.<\/p>\n

Aguirre said that based on the information from the Caloocan Office of the City Prosecutor, there is no case filed so far on the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI simply cannot order the relief of Ca\u00f1ete from the case of Kian De Los Santos. \u00a0In the first place he is not handling the case. No case has yet been filed,\u201d Aguirre said replying to Drilon’s statement that Delos Santos’ case has been “seriously prejudiced” by Ca\u00f1ete.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can I relieve a prosecutor from a case which he is not handling? How can I relieve him from handling a case that has yet to be filed?,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The DOJ Chief said even if Ca\u00f1ete was tasked to gather facts on the incident and other cases of death under investigation in the city, he is excluded in the raffle of the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was further told that once a case is filed with the City Prosecutor\u2019s Office of Caloocan City, it is raffled among the prosecutors to ensure impartiality. And Prosecutor Ca\u00f1ete, the one who gathered the facts of such a case, is no longer included in the raffle of the case. This exclusion is precisely done to avoid any purported prejudgment from being present in his resolution of the case if the same is raffled to him,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

With this, the DOJ chief vowed an impartial probe on the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the sentiments of Senator Franklin Drilon. I am sure that everyone wants this case to be handled with utmost impartiality and for any party responsible brought to justice. This is also my commitment to all as the people\u2019s steward of the Department\u00a0 of Justice. This is the reason why I ordered the NBI to conduct a parallel investigation in this case. And I believe that the President agrees to the conduct of such a parallel investigation as narrated earlier by Education Secretary Leonor Briones,\u201d Aguirre said.<\/p>\n

Aguirre earlier said they would be willing to consider the inclusion of the witnesses, including the Delos Santos family to the government\u2019s Witness Protection Program (WPP).<\/p>\n

On Monday, PAO Chief Atty. Persida Rueda-Acosta said Monday they are already preparing the complaint to be filed against the police officers allegedly responsible for Delos Santos’ death.<\/p>\n

“We are already collating all the evidence that we will use in the filing of the complaint within the week,” Acosta said.<\/p>\n

Delos Santos was killed during a police anti-drug operation in Barangay 160 in Caloocan City on Wednesday night last week.<\/p>\n

The three policemen involved in the operation — Police Officers 1 Jeremias Pereda and Jerwin Cruz and Police Officer 3 Arnel Oares were already relieved from their posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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