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A trooper indicted for the death of Benigno Ninoy Aquino remains by his admission that EduardoDanding Cojuangco requested the murdering of the restriction pioneer upon his arrival from outcast in 1983
Cojuangco, director of San Miguel Corporation, was a sidekick of President Marcos. He is the cousin of previous President Corazon Aquino however has been inconsistent with her politically.
Cojuangco has denied the allegation.
Expert Sergeant Pablo Martinez repeated his admission in a meeting with ABS-CBN Julius Babao after his discharge from prison. President Arroyo conceded Martinez, a previous flying security officer, pardon on philanthropic grounds. He has turned 70 and has served 24 years in jail.
At the point when asked by TV correspondent Babao who the driving force of the Aquino death was, Martinez answered, Danding Cojuangco. Talking in Pilipino, Martinez said that he met a few persons two days before the death in August 1983 who guaranteed they were bata (partners) of Cojuangco. Martinez said that he was billeted in a lodging and that was the place he met the Cojuangco young men.
I didn hear any immediate request from him (Cojuangco). In any case, I asked them (the men in the inn) who was giving them the request and they answered, Danding, Martinez told Babao. ABS-CBN gave Newsbreak the transcript of the meeting.
In 1994, it was accounted for that Martinez turned into a conceived again Christian and admitted to his kindred detainees that he didn& need to lie any longer. In a Time magazine story (Feb. 2006), Martinez said that Rolando Galman, the claimed professional killer who was slaughtered, let him know that the plot was requested by Cojuangco.
Martinez presented this admission in a statement to the Supreme Court through Persida Rueda-Acosta, the nation open safeguard. However, Rueda-Acosta said in a radio meeting with DZMM toward the beginning of today that she is not after the driving force in light of the fact that, as open safeguard, her work is to care for the state of the officers as yet grieving in prison
The Supreme Court ruled in July a year ago that Martinez admission didn qualify as recently discovered proof and declined to revive the case.
Twenty four years after the Aquino death, the homicide stays unsolved. Marites Danguilan Vitug
