Alberto Agra
Alberto Agra was the former acting Justice secretary of the Republic of the Philippines. He was succeeded by Leila de Lima.
Justice Secretary
His term was widely criticized for dropping charges against influential government officials.
Early in the Ampatuan massacre case, he dropped charges against two suspects, ARMM governor Zaldy Ampatuan and his brother Akmad Ampatuan.[1][2] His department also failed to protect Suwaib Upham, a key witness and self-confessed participant in the massacre who sought witness protection and was later murdered in Maguindanao.[3]
Two days before the end of his term, he dismissed charges against government personnel accused of human trafficking.[4]
gollark: "If you didnt do anything wrong, then you shouldnt be worried" only works if you cast "not being happy with things" as "wrong", as well as "being associated with people who did "wrong" things", and expect that people will just never care about politics.
gollark: I agree that that can sometimes be a problem, but it also means people can actually suggest improvements or dislike things without fearing for their lives.
gollark: People might disagree with how you run things and that's really not a good reason to imprison/whatever them.
gollark: Or just anyone who happens to be *related* to dissidents, to some extent anyone made worse off by some poor decision made somewhere, someone who is *taken* to be a dissident even if they aren't somehow, people who are living in fear of being considered one, etc.Also, I do care about said dissidents, soooo...
gollark: The world is very interconnected these days so stuff happening elsewhere affects me somewhat. And I do also care about suffering being caused, even if that doesn't directly affect people in my country.
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