The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday has allowed the live media coverage of the Maguindanao massacre trial with only its camera inside the court room.
In a press conference, SC spokesperson Jose Midas Marquez said the magistrates were unanimous in granting the petition filed by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in November last year.
However, the airing will still be regulated since only the SC-assigned video camera will be used inside the makeshift courtroom at the Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. Live feed will be distributed to media.
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday has allowed the live media coverage of the Maguindanao massacre trial with only its camera inside the court room.
In a press conference, SC spokesperson Jose Midas Marquez said the magistrates were unanimous in granting the petition filed by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in November last year.
However, t
he airing will still be regulated since only the SC-assigned video camera will be used inside the makeshift courtroom at the Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. Live feed will be distributed to media.
Relatives of the 57 people who were summarily executed in Maguindanao due to a political squabble said they already experienced financial constraints just to attend the weekly hearings in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.
Aquino also said the lifting of the ban on live media coverage would assure a working and transparent justice system.
Different media organizations, in their petition, cited freedom of the press, right to information, right to a fair and public trial, right to assembly and to petition the government for redress of grievances, right of free access to courts and freedom of association.
A total of 197 suspects were charged for the massacre of 57 persons in Maguindanao province on November 23, 2009.
The victims were on their way to Shariff Aguak town to file the certificate of candidacy of Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu for Maguindanao governor when the convoy was later blocked at a checkpoint manned by local policemen loyal to the Ampatuan clan.
Former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and his son Andal Jr. are now facing multiple murder charges before the sala of Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221.
By Virgil Lopez
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