Lauro Vizconde, whose wife and two daughters were brutally killed inside their Parañaque home two decades ago, has challenged the Supreme Court to help him find his familyâs killers. Vizconde made the challenge in a television interview hours after the SC acquitted seven people, including the son of a former senator, in what has been dubbed the Vizconde massacre case. âAng challenge ko sa ating justices, since they acquitted all the accused in this case, tulungan nila ako na hanapin ang mga tunay na kriminal nang mapatunayan na hindi ang mga taong ito ang may kagagawan sa pagpaslang," he said in an interview over GMA Newsâ â24 Oras" Tuesday night. (My challenge to the Supreme Court justices, since they acquitted all the accused in this case, is to help me find the real killers so that it will be proven that the people they had acquitted were really innocent.) Among those acquitted was Hubert Webb, the principal accused and son of former Senator Freddie Webb.
Voting 7-4-4 early Tuesday, the SC
reversed two lower courtsâ decisions convicting Webb and six others for the killing Estrelita Vizconde and her daughters Carmela and Jennifer on June 30, 1991. In its decision, the SC gave credence to Webbâs claim that he was in the United States when the crime happened, and likewise
cast doubt on the testimony of the prosecutionâs star witness, Jessica Alfaro. Vizconde said he was âpuzzled" and âdisgusted" at how the SC reversed a ruling that has been affirmed by a local court and the Court of Appeals.
âDi ko masasabi na tanggap ko na ang naging kapasyahan ng ating justices
sapagkat mayroon akong pagdududa⦠Hindi ko maubos maisip kung paano nangyari ang mga ito," he said. (I cannot begin to think how this thing happened. I donât think I can fully accept the SCâs decision because I have my doubts.) The Vizconde family patriarch, who even fainted upon hearing the high courtâs final ruling, said he is now leaving it to âdivine providence" to determine who are innocent and who are not in his familyâs killing. â
Palagay ko sa batas ng tao, wala na. Pero naniniwala ako sa ating Panginoong Diyos na magkakaroon ng hatol sa lahat ng nagsasabi ng katotohanan at sa lahat ng nagsisinungaling," he said. (I no longer expect justice in the laws of man. But I believe that in the end God will judge those who are lying and those who are saying the truth.) He wished the Webb family luck, saying Hubert and the six others were âfortunate" that âcircumstances favored them."
- KBK/HS, GMANews.TV