Call for Assistance

To all Brothers and Sisters,

Kindly help the legal team for Brod Anton Nepomuceno with certain matters regarding the preparation of his defense in the case filed by the NBI.

First off, however, permit me to assure you that, based on our initial investigations into the case, we are morally convinced that that Brod Anton has been wrongly accused of this "karumal-dumal na krimen." This is precisely the reason why the national leadership has convened a battery of lawyers brods and sis to form the Legal Team which will defend him in this case. Of course, if, in the course of the preliminary investigation and subsequent trial if it comes to that, we are convinced that Brod Anton may have probably committed the crime, rest assured that the APO Legal Team will officially disengage from his defense because APO, as stressed by Brods Jojo and Bebot, does not condone nor "cover-up" the commission of crimes by our brethren. Of course, lawyer brods and sis may continue to represent him because, after all, any accused, be he a brod or not, is entitled to the best defense available.

That having been said, I would like to appeal, as the designated Spokesman of the Legal Team, for all brothers and sisters to assist us by refraining from making any "public" comments regarding the case and, instead, if you feel that you have vital information, privately email me so that I could bring it to the attention of the Team. Moreover, we are appealing for your support for the following:

(a) Any pictures, information, documents and/or things which you may have having relevance to the matters at issue will be most welcome; and,

(b) The collection and collation of all news articles and opinions (traditional or new media) regarding the matter will be most welcome.

The NBI complaint has been filed and the Secretary of Justice has been shooting her mouth off that the evidence against our Brod is supposedly strong. This takes the cake for prejudgment for how can a subordinate of the Secretary rule otherwise. Just these morning papers has quoted the Secretary as again prematurely declaring our Brod as guilty of the offense charged and has publicly announced that she had ordered the NBI to go on a fishing expedition to investigate the motive why Brod Anton committed the crime. As far as I can recall, you do not file a criminal complaint before you have all the evidence on hand. Filing the complaint first without establishing all the facts is precisely called a "fishing expedition" because you hope, as the NBI itself admitted and even proudly announced, that evidence will come out in the course of the preliminary investigation which will establish the guilt of the accused (for all intents and purposes, Brod Anton is already an accused, and no longer a suspect, because the Secretary of Justice has already declared that the evidence against him is strong [and not merely that there was probable cause]). Of course, this is a clear indication of the weakness of the case against our brother.

We are just awaiting the notice from the DOJ on the initial date/s of the preliminary investigation. The case could be set within a period of 2 weeks. Hence, time is of the essence since, at the most, we have to be able to submit the "counter-affidavit" of Brod Anton, as well as all other evidence, testimonial, documentary or object (i.e., photographs), which will establish his ex-culpability.

In my next posting, I will be more specific on the matters which will require "additional" evidence. I will have to first consult with the Legal Team on the propriety of "publicly" airing these matters as we will have to be careful about telegraphing our Brod's defenses.

Thank you and long live Alpha Phi Omega!

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