Recently, the Pasay regional trial
court totally junked the estafa case against the Camp John Hay Development Corp.(CJHDevCo) Chairman Robert Sobrepeña. The court found out that the motion of
reconsideration filed by the Department of Justice has no probable cause. So,
it is just a waste of time if they will continue to hear the case.
The complaint against Sobrepeña was
filed by government persecution on behalf of Bases Conservation Development
Authority (BCDA) due to the delay of payment for their rentals in Camp John
Hay. CJHDevCo is acting as a developer in that place. BCDA President Arnel Casanova believed that the private investors don’t have a capacity to fulfill their obligation that’s why their agency wanted to persecute Sobrepeña to pay
all of their debts to the government.
In previous month, the BCDA tried to
overtake the Camp John Hay through letter of notice. Casanova stated in the
letter that the court had already made a decision favored to them. The CJHDevCo
can’t continue their business operation anymore. So, they need to leave Camp
John Hay immediately. But the camp of Sobrepeña
just ignored the letter because it was just a lie. It was just a part of dirty
tactics of BCDA to dismantle their group.
Now, the Pasay court had made their
decision about the estafa case against Sobrepena, the BCDA should stop
harrassing him. The court was right with their decision because the
complainants didn’t include all of the members of board and directors of the
CJHDevCo. It seems that the BCDA has a personal grudge againts Sobrepeña that’s
why they wanted to practice a selective justice. If BCDA is serious with the
staffa case, they must include also their other members who made an memorandum
agreement (MOA) in 2000. The BCDA agreed that the private company will make
some adjustment about their rental payment or they will delay it due to some
reasons.
