Having never lost a criminal and civil case in four decades of active law practice, world renowned lawyer Gerry Spence (1929 – ) knew the sad, odd reality about law and justice. Atty. Spence made a swipe at crooked, inane people in the government.
He quipped, “The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom, but to keep those who hold power, in power.” Self-serving, cuckoo politics. Crazy “political dynasty” — damn it! Your use of pure Tagalog in answering questions during the press conference you called last August 7 is admirable.
However, when the interview came to the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC), I got so saddened. Apology, Mr. Chiz Escudero, if I had developed some revolting feelings at that time, while listening to you, for a reason that it was not justice or wisdom that I saw in your answers.
Appalling. And, alas, you are now the head of the Senate of our Republic. You are seeing just the “legality” of the issue and you seem to have forgotten the issue in the issue altogether — the heart and justice for the many thousands of victims (and would be victims) of sanctioned killings — the reason why the matter of ICC is “not simple” and “complex” as you said.
Who is the lawyer who transferred that kind of “legal” reasoning to you? No wonder. Or, who was the friend who pleaded with the good lawyer senator? Just in May, you also said that the pronouncement of the Department of Justice regarding its be.