Selective prosecution is neither justice nor good governance

WE in The Times have said it before in this space. Other Catholic bishops, most eloquently the bishops of the National Transformation Council, also have berated the BS Aquino administration, specifically its justice department, for practicing selective prosecution of wrongdoers. Auxiliary Bishop of Manila Broderick Pabillo, who is also the Permanent Chair of the Public Affairs committee of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, has in fact said it before, in private and smaller public forums.

But on Friday, at a press conference, he voiced the CBCP’s disgust over the Aquino administration’s crooked administration of justice. We pray that Bishop Pabillo’s call sways President Aquino and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima into correcting their unjust, corrupt, and condemnable practice of not going after criminals and felons who are Liberal Party leaders, and friends and allies of President Aquino.