Farmers arrested at Hacienda Tinang ‘bungkalan’ want prosecutor axed

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One of the agrarian reform beneficiaries files a complaint against acting Tarlac prosecutor Mila Mae Montefalco before the Department of Justice seeking her dismissal from service over grave and serious misconduct, gross ignorance of the law, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.

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MANILA, Philippines — Some of the farmers arrested at a land cultivation activity in June at Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac are asking the Department of Justice to fire the province’s acting prosecutor, accusing her of grave and serious misconduct, gross ignorance of the law, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.

 

In separate complaints filed Thursday before the DOJ, farmers said Mila Mae Montefalco, acting provincial prosecutor of Tarlac, conducted inquest proceedings “in an unreasonable, unfair, oppressive or discriminatory manner.”

 

“During the inquest proceedings, Prosecutor Montefalco asked questions to all those who were arrested in a manner which shows her bias against us. Her questions were intended not to elicit facts, but to incriminate us of whatever crimes we were charged,” they said.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/07/07/2193721/farmers-arrested-hacienda-tinang-bungkalan-want-prosecutor-axed

 

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