Kaban ni D_BystandeR: BALAOD MAGAMIT BA ARON IPANAOGDAOG???

If we are to check and verify the different cases now pending in courts which ultimately resulted in overcrowding of jails, what came out in this news could only be a sample of the many injustices committed by man to his fellowman on account of the poor status of the other oppressed party who has no means to hire a competent lawyer to defend him. Some of those now in prison are already overstaying more than what their infraction requires them to stay in prison. Take for instance the case of one Jovito Carcela, 74, of barangay Cabagdalan, Balamban, Cebu who was thrown to jail only at first because he was "invited" by the police but it turns out he was then and there put in prison because his neighbor has already filed a case against him. He was accused of cutting 100 coconut trees, which according to him falls under the piece of land that he owns. And when he was about to finish serving his jail term, another one was filed against him by the same person accusing him of transferring the land marks made of round cemented posts which his neighbor deliberately did but accused him as the one doing it. This is the height of  injustice committed by an evil-minded neighbor who exploited his being a poor man with nobody to turn to for help. The town officials of Balamban should do something to help this poor old man who is still languishing in jail because he doesn't have the means to hire a lawyer to defend him against his probably rich and influential neighbor.

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a news item in The FREEMAN, entitled, "'Overstaying' now a problem.'" It came out on April 16, 2015.