The View from the Fence

This is a response to Mr. Gilbert Daroy’s editorial cartoon for the January 20, 2010 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Talk about hitting two birds with one stone.

This time, however, it’s catching three fish with one hook. Good job to both the NBI, for the successful arrest of Jason Ivler, and to Mr. Daroy, for a good depiction of what this arrest can possibly entail. However, let me emphasize on the word possibly.

Jason Ivler’s mother, Marlene Aguilar, has already bailed herself out of NBI custody after raps of obstruction of justice. Well, the NBI did manage to catch three fish; sadly, one of them has already gotten away. Which means the Marlene-Aguilar fish shouldn’t be holding on to the Jason-Ivler fish anymore.

But there’s still the Stephen-Pollard fish. This is where the word possibly comes in handy. Ivler’s British stepfather may face being declared a persona non grata and may also be stripped of diplomatic immunity, which allows a foreign diplomat freedom from any kind of jurisdiction in the country. Nothing is final yet, though, which is why I say that the entailments of Ivler’s arrest are all just possibilities. One of them is disproved already, even.

Well, after all, Jason Ivler’s the only one caught by the hook. The rest are just hanging onto him, and can very well let go anytime. However, knowing how the law sometimes (most of the time, more likely) works in this country, even those already caught by the hook get away; how much more those who aren’t?

But for now, at least the NBI already have Ivler.

Oh, and by the way, Mr. Daroy, you spelled Jason’s last name wrong.

It’s ‘Ivler’, not ‘Iveler’.

Sources:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100119-248264/Ivlers-mom-posts-bail

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100121-248547/Pollard-immunity-in-peril-Ivler-faces-more-raps