PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday again blamed the courts for what he claimed their slow action on the corruption cases pending with them.
He said the government’s anti-corruption efforts would be more effective if the courts acted more swiftly in sending wrongdoers to jail.
“We have three branches of government, and what I tell the Executive which I hold is that the key to the corruption fight is not the ability to file cases against somebody but actually sending somebody to jail,” Aquino told CN’s Andrew Stevens.
“If we can remove this belief that you can get away, literally, with murder then we will have achieved something. But you know, we are expecting some major decisions on cases that have been pending.
Aquino cited the Constitution and said once a case was submitted for resolution, the Supreme Court had a maximum of two years to decide on that particular case.
He said the slow courts were also affecting the government’s infrastructure projects as those were being delayed by the long litigation process.
“For instance, they are not able to give a restraining order against obstruction,” Aquino said.