Romeo Jalosjos - Pardon !!! Bakit ???

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By juandelacruz_qatar

Romeo Jalosjos' turf--Zamboanga del Norte-- is an administration bailiwick. President Arroyo won here in the 2004 elections, leading her closest rival Fernando Poe Jr. by almost 100,000 votes. In the 2007 senatorial elections, the province delivered a 7-5 win to Team Unity candidates, with senatorial candidate Prospero Pichay Jr. emerging as the topnotcher.Jalosjos also belongs to the most prominent clan in Zamboanga del Norte. Five of his kin are incumbent (2007-2010) elected officials. His sister, Cecilia Garcia Jalosjos-Carreon, is already serving her third term as 1st District Representative, while his brother, 3rd District Representative Cesar G. Jalosjos, is on his second term.
Cecilia and Cesar both belong to the administration party KAMPI; both voted to junk the impeachment complaint filed against President Arroyo in 2005 and 2006.

ETO PO ANG CASE NI PARENG JALOSJOS.

In December 1997, the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 62 found Jalosjos guilty of two counts of statutory rape and six counts of acts of lasciviousness. He brought his case before the Supreme Court, but it affirmed his conviction in 2001 and 2002. The lower court's guilty verdict paved the way for Jalosjos' transfer to the New Bilibid Prison in 1998. But despite his conviction, Jalosjos managed to run for re-election and win in the 1998 and 2001 elections. He held his post until the Supreme Court upheld his conviction with finality in 2002. His name was subsequently dropped ffom the list. In April 2007, Malacañang acted upon the recommendation of the Department of Justice and commuted Jalosjos' sentence to 16 years, three months and three days. Jalosjos was also ordered to pay the civil indemnity and moral damages earlier imposed on him by the Supreme Court.

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