By Julmunir I Jannaral
Misuari case returned to justice dept
THE
Calamba Regional Trial Court yesterday returned the rebellion
case against Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman
Nur Misuari to the department of justice (DOJ) after a
prosecutor admitted the Jolo fiscal’s office failed to
conduct a preliminary investigation into the charges.
Judge
Norberto Geraldez ordered the DOJ to conduct the probe within
the month after Misuari’s lawyers lamented the failure of a
formal preliminary investigation into charges that Misuari who
was also the former Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
governor led a group of armed men in an attack on a military
installation in Jolo in November 2001.
Failure
to complete the investigation by August 5 would force the
court to grant Misuari bail, according to Judge Geraldez.
