I really wonder what will be the outcome of the Subic rape case, whether the American servicemen charged with rape will go scot-free. The Visiting Forces Agreement signed between the Philippines and the US provides, among other concessions, protection to US servicemen from criminal prosecution for crimes committed within Philippine soil. The Philippines had to sign this one-sided contract in exchange for military and technical assistance from the Americans.
The VFA aside, I do have my misgivings as well. I cannot understand why the prosecution included in their charge sheet, the “star witness”. They could have used this witness to build an air-tight case against the servicemen, instead of relying on circumstantial evidence.
I also wonder why Katrina Legarda decided to drop this case.
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