Jaworski son indicted for shootout

MANILA, Philippines - The Makati City prosecutor’s office has found probable cause to indict a son of former senator Robert Jaworski and his driver for four counts of attempted murder in connection with a shootout last month.

In a 10-page resolution received by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office recommended that Ryan Jaworski, 40; and his driver Joselito Au, 50, be charged for the shootout that followed a sting on Sept. 19.

The Oct. 13 resolution, penned by Assistant City Prosecutor Gaudencio Tolledo Jr., also recommended that Jaworski be charged with illegal gun possession.

The prosecutor’s office set bail at P120,000 for the gun charge and P120,000 for each count of frustrated murder.

The prosecutor’s office, however, dismissed the complaint filed by the NCRPO against Jaworski for illegal gun selling.

“There was no actual sale of the purported M4 Armalite rifle subject of the negotiation and the same was not recovered,” read the resolution. 

The resolution also dismissed the complaint filed by the NCRPO-RPIOU agents against Jaworski for assault on an agent of person of authority, noting that there is no proof that Jaworski knew that the operatives were law enforcers.

“When the operatives conducted the buy-bust operation they admittedly were not in uniform. The claim of the police officers that they were wearing their IDs is highly incredible, for no police officer in his right mind would want anything that would indicate he is a law enforcer during a buy-bust operation,” the resolution read. 

The resolution also dismissed Jaworski’s  counter-charges of frustrated murder against the police officers involved in the sting. The first hearing of the case was set for Nov. 11 at the sala of Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 139 Judge Benjamin Pozon. – Mike Frialde, Non Alquitran