EDITORIAL - Is she or isn't she?
The team of investigators sent by the Supreme Court to probe the so-called marriage scam in
Judge Econg has every reason to cry harassment. She was not among those initially named in the inquiry, as a result of which four judges have already been preventively suspended. And the latest allegation comes on the heels of a previous one made just days earlier.
Econg, in that first allegation, was reportedly dabbling in illegal drugs. Stung by the charge, and to quickly dispel any doubts, the judge swiftly submitted herself to drug tests and was found negative.
Of course the panel of Supreme Court investigators are duty-bound to expand its probe in light of the new allegations. But it should also gather, if it has not done so already, some background information on local developments so as to be fully appraised of local circumstances.
For instance, it might be interesting for the Supreme Court investigators to know that Judge Econg is currently handling one of the most high-profile and avidly-followed murder cases in the country - the one involving cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr.
This is not to say, of course, that the allegations against Econg have anything to do with the Ecleo case. For all we know, they could be well-meaning pieces of information that truly deserve to be looked into and assessed.
But that a lot of incidents have already happened, including violent ones, that were linked, directly or indirectly, to the Ecleo case, should suggest in the clearest of terms to the Supreme Court panel that these are things that need consideration in the matter of Econg.
No such allegations surfaced against Econg prior to the Supreme Court investigation that did not even include her. That the investigation served to attract additional information should work to the best interest of everybody by snagging the guilty and clearing the innocent.
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