I have learned much from studying the case and the dynamics that surrounded it--no matter how unpretty they were. But more than anything else, the best lesson taught to me by my curious quest is the primacy of logic over punishment, and of truth over communal belief. Justice would have been never served for the Vizconde women without opening ourselves to facts and moreso, if we reproach the wrong men for the sake of putting several someones on the receiving end of punishment. Sadly, up to this day, the case remains unsolved. (Read more at The Blind Lady in World of Womanity.)
When the Supreme Court decision was read on TV last year, I was reeling from the shock of an epinephrine shot during a week-long hospital confinement. It was not at all a very pleasant experience yet, the news somehow made me forget about my ordeal, considering the far more bigger battles fought by everyone who believed in Hubert's innocence (and by the man himself). Some of us had been condemned for stating the facts and even the innocent ones were brought into a virtual word fight.
That everyone includes my friends at the Justice for Hubert Webb group who I came to know, quite accidentally, as part of my quest.
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In celebration of the the first anniversary of his acquittal, Hubert held a Thanksgiving Mass last Wedenesday in Parañaque City. Family and friends attended, including his fellow acquitted, Pyke Fernandez, and former legal counsels, Former Senator Rene Saguisag and Atty, Vitaliano Aguirre.
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| The group with former senators Freddie Webb and Rene Saguisag, Atty. Vitaliano Aguirre, and Hubert's brothers, Fritz and Mike. |
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| The group with the Webb brothers--Mike, Fritz, Hubert and Jason. |
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| Photo shows Pyke and Hubert. |
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"The duty of the prosecution is not merely to secure a conviction, but to secure a just conviction."
-- Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Serreno
* Credits to Alma Go for the pictures.
Another well written piece. xx
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