Pimentel Given 15 Days To File Counter-Affidavit For Quarantine Breach
PIMENTEL HAS 15 DAYS – After four months, Senator Koko Pimentel has until July 15 to file a counter-affidavit over his quarantine breach.
Earlier in March, Koko Pimentel became one of the most despised personalities due to his disregard for quarantine protocols. Despite being positive for COVID-19, Pimentel entered a hospital to accompany his wife as she gave birth to their son.
However, Pimentel’s decisions, according to Makati Medical Center Director Saturnino Javier, risked the lives of staff members and patients of the hospital.
Since then, the Senator has been on the hot seat but has laid low, covering behind all the controversies happening in the Philippines. But now, the Department of Justice gave Pimentel until July 15 to file the counter-affidavit.
READ: Netizens Call For Pimentel’s Arrest After Violating Quarantine
For MMC’s part, they said that they already “noted” Pimentel’s apology. However, many Filipinos remained critical of his violations.
According to an article from Philstar, Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento said: “We leave it to him how he will answer the charges“.
Aside from breaching quarantine protocols at the Makati Medical Center, it was later discovered that the Senator also went grocery shopping in a supermarket in Bonifacio Global City.
Still, many say that Pimentel’s extension for his quarantine violations was unfair. Violators who were not part of the senate were charged and detailed quickly according to Malcontento.
In a Facebook page, the prosecutor also poked jabs at the senator saying:
Parang umutot lang tapos hinihintay mawala ang amoy. Pero ang mali mo hindi mo na maitatama sa mga palusot
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