Guihulngan Police cries for absence of City Fiscal
The Chief of Police of Guihulngan City has once again expressed dismay over the absence of a City Fiscal in their city.
According to Chief Inspector Petronilo Gracia, Jr most affected and pitiful with the absence of a City Prosecutor are the victims and the police who have exerted all their effort to arrest culprits who were just freed after its 36 hours of reglamentary period lapses.
In fact, upon this medium’s visit to the Guihulngan Police, a suspect who is allegedly responsible for a series of robbery was arrested and brought to the Guihulngan Police. The suspect was arrested by members of the Bravo Company of the 11th Infantry Battalion after a victim positively identified the suspect as responsible for the crime.
According to Chief Inspector Gracia they let the suspect Marvin Villagracia, 20 years old from Guihulngan sign a waiver. The waiver enables the imprisonment of the suspect for ten days until the case has been filed. If no City Fiscal still is appointed then the suspect will most likely be freed.
Gracia said there are about 20 insurgency related cases which were not yet filed.