MANILA, Philippines — Atty. Lawrence Carin, one of the lawyers of the Parojinog family, wants the case of his clients be transferred to Ozamiz City.

The lawyer said, it is not reasonable for a resident of Mindanao to attend a series of hearings in Manila.

“The court will issue a commitment order. As of now there is no commitment order issued by the court because we have no courts yesterday because its a Sunday and the operation was made on a Saturday,” Parojinog family lawyer Atty. Lawrence Carin said.

Meanwhile, Atty. Ferdinand Topacio, the lead counsel of the Parojinog family argued that the CCTV in the house can be used as an evidence to prove that the operation violated the rights of the Parojinogs.

“Katulad niyan sabi nila ay nanlaban. Di ba magandang depensa na nandoon makikita sa CCTV na bumubunot si Mayor Parojinog ng baril, nakikipagbarilan siya? Pero bakit ikinubli yun?” said Atty. Topacio. (They [police] said the [Parojinogs] fired back. Wouldn’t it be a better defense to see on CCTV that Mayor Parojinog was pulling a gun and exchanging fire? But why was it concealed?)

Even the serving of the search warrant at 2:30 in the morning, the lawyer said, is a violation of the rights of his clients.

But PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa argued that a search warrant can be issued any time of the day.

“’Every time’ is a legal time to serve a search warrant. Walang sinabi doon sa search warrant na kailangan serve mo search warrant only during office hours (It doesn’t say that search warrants should only be served during office hours). Ibig sabihin (meaning), you are commanded to serve the search warrant on a specific location any time of the day, any day of the week. So 24/7 po yan,” Dela Rosa said.

Likewise, the PNP Chief strongly denies accusation of Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog that the pieces of evidence found inside their house were planted.

Among the items seized inside the Parojinog compound were an M-79 rifle; a huge sum of cash and shabu.

Earlier, the vice mayor and her brother Reynaldo Parojinog Jr. went through proper booking procedures.

The two Parojinogs were then set to undergo inquest proceedings.

Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog was included in President Duterte’s list of of personalities involved in illegal drug trade in the country. – Mon Jocson | UNTV News & Rescue

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