No special treatment for bar exam blast suspect – Palace
last month’s bar exam blast along Taft Avenue, Manila.
Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Edwin Lacierda issued the assurance in response to
speculations that suspected grenade thrower Anthony Leal Nepomuceno might get special
treatment after surrendering to Vice President Jejomar Binay. Both Binay and Nepomuceno
are members of Alpha Phi Omega (APO).
“Definitely, there will be no special treatment. Again, the only request of the suspect was that
his rights be respected,” Lacierda said during press briefing on Wednesday afternoon.
The same stand was also echoed by Justice Secretary Leila De Lima during a press
conference where the suspect was presented.
Nepomuceno, a call center agent and member of APO fraternity, was turned over by the
fraternity’s councils of elders after surrendering to Binay, thirty days after the 2010 bar
examinations blast.
Lacierda said they welcome the surrender of the suspect particularly the successful
intervention of the Vice President. He said the surrender will serve as signal for the Justice
Department to start the prosecution and give justice to the victims. (PCOO/PIA)
