DESPERATE AMALILIO FACE-SAVING ANTIC BY DE LIMA

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DON’T BE MISLED into thinking that Justice Secretary Leila De Lima had accomplished something significant with the decision of Malaysian authorities to freeze assets of suspected P12-billion swindling boss Manuel Amalilio.

I’m not a lawyer but I will dare say that since Amalilio was arrested, and eventually convicted, by a Malaysian court, the freeze on his assets was AUTOMATIC.

And NOT BECAUSE De Lima had requested for it. She is just SAVING FACE, from her department’s FAILURE to bring Amalilio home.

Through media reports, Malaysian authorities already knew of Amalilio’s alleged P12-bilion scam after he was arrested for another offense.(using a fake passport if I remember correctly).

Therefore, it’s COMMON SENSE for Malaysian officials to freeze Amalilio’s assets and those of several others linked to him, since they might be suspected or accused of TRYING TO KEEP THE ASSETS for themselves.

An image no country on Earth would want to have in the eyes of anybody.

IYON ANG TUTOO, mga kababayan. Gusto lang MAGBANGONG-PURI ni De Lima na MAGMUMUKHA PA RIN SIYANG MAGALING O BIDA.

What De Lima SHOULD EXPLAIN instead is:

Why wasn’t the Philippine Embassy in Malaysia allowed to bring home Amalilio as soon as possible right after his arrest, as revealed by our ambassador to Malaysia?

Considering the gravity of Amalilio’s supposed criminal offense, EVERYTHING should have been done PRONTO to bring him back right after his arrest, as in within hours if it had been possible.

So why did the embassy have to wait for National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents, who are under De Lima, to pick up Amalilio?

Apart from De Lima, who designated NBI agents as escorts for Amalilio’s deportation? Was there ever an authorization from higher-ups? If yes, on what ground, or under what administrative rule? If none, why not?

With Malaysia’s categorical declaration that it’s not planning to extradite Amalilio, what will the government do now? Is there any remaining hope at all to get the suspected scam brains back?

And most of all, does the government have any plan to even partially assist the scam victims to recover and start all over again in case of a prolonged effort to extradite Amalilio?

Somebody had better tell De Lima to STOP her face-saving press statements once and for all. For the sake of whatever credibility she has left.

Somebody had better wake her up to the reality that she CAN NEVER FOOL THE PEOPLE. 30