The Iglesia ni Cristo on Wednesday castigated Justice Secretary Leila de Lima for her bias and ‘unusual attention’ she accorded to the dismissed INC members who filed charges of illegal detention against some of its ministers before the Department of Justice (DoJ).
In a press conference, INC’s general evangelist Bienvenido C. Santiago questioned De Lima’s real motive after they learned that the secretary was personally attending to the filing of cases by the dismissed members led by Isaias Samson Jr. against the INC ministers.
“Ang pagsulong ng reklamong inihain ni Samson ay napag-alaman naming ginawa sa ilalim ng patnubay ni Secretary De Lima, sapagkat labis at di pangkaraniwang atensyon na iniukol niya, ano kaya ang motibo niya?” he asked.
Moreover, he said that the INC had also learned that the DoJ has placed under its custody some of those dismissed by the INC who have been responsible for sowing intrigues and divisiveness at the organization.
Santiago said the INC was just wondering about the full attention the justice secretary was giving to the dismissed INC members rather than focusing her time and efforts to give justice to the Fallen 44 of the Special Action Forces (SAF) of the Philippine National Police, two of them were INC members.
“Bagaman ang dalawa sa mga napaslang ay kapatid namin sa Iglesia subalit matahimik kaming naghintay sa mga gagawin ng DoJ para tugisin at usigin ang mga may kagagawan ng madugong pangyayari,” he said.
It reiterated that the INC was really surprised on why the Justice secretary was giving special treatment to the dismissed which was not seen and felt by many as far as the case of the Fallen 44 is concerned.
He said the INC will remain confident that the justice secretary and those behind her actions would be impartial to the case.
“The least we can expect from the Department of Justice is justice,” Santiago said.
As to the dismissed INC members, Santiago said its leadership just did the right thing when they were removed permanently from the INC roster.