Presidential Security Group ABUSADO, Katulad ng amo nilang si ABNOY AQUINO

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Noynoy’s PSG moves to arrest lawyer, driver

Less than three years in the presidential office, and already President Aquino who had forsworn  symbols of abuse and power, was found to be tolerating if not  abusing such perks and powers himself.
For Aquino and his Presidential Security Group (PSG), it appears to be a crime for a private citizen  and his family to dine where Aquino dines to the extent of their move to arrest both the citizen and his driver for even being dropped off by  near the four parking spaces reserved for Aquino.

Aquino’s PSG figured in another incident that saw them bully and even try to bodily drag and arrest an election lawyer and his driver for wanting to dine in a restaurant where President Aquino was scheduled  to have his dinner.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Tribune, Ateneo law professor and lawyer Howard  Calleja admitted to having been terrified at the President’s bodyguards whom he claimed tried to arrest him and his driver Sunday night at the Korea Garden and Restaurant along Jupiter Street in Makati City because the PSG claimed he went close to the façade of the restaurant  where they intend to have a family dinner.
Calleja told this reporter that he was with his eight-month pregnant spouse, Marla and four-year old son to meet his parents and relatives when the establishment’s parking attendant prevented them from getting close to main entrance of the restaurant where two cars were parked at both ends of the parking strip.
Claiming to have asked why their car wouldn’t be allowed to get close to the restaurant’s façade where the main entrance is located, the parking attendant refused to  say, compelling him to again plead that they be allowed to get close at least near the main entrance even as explained calmly on the difficulty that his wife may have considering her state of pregnancy. Again, the parking attendant declined.

“At about 7 p.m. Sunday night (Oct. 28) I together with my 33-weeks pregnant wife Marla, my four year old son Hugo, our nanny and our driver arrived at Korea Garden Restaurant in Jupiter Makati. We tried to enter the parking lot of Korea Garden but the middle portion was blocked with a reserved sign while the sides have cars parked leaving a substantial space for about four  cars in the middle. The parking attendant of Korea Garden told us we cannot park since the parking was already reserved so we just asked if we can just go inside to drop off my wife and son and the car will leave immediately and will not park. The parking attendant said no again, saying the parking was reserved. We again said we won’t park, just drop off but the parking attendant was insistent. At this time I was the one who had asked that we be allowed to enter but was refused again I asked for the fourth and fifth time now with a more firm voice and eventually the attendant reluctantly allowed us to enter”, he told the Tribune in an interview.
The Ateneo Law School professor told his driver just to drop them off near the entrance and leave.
“When I got out of the car I talked in a more firm voice to the attendant saying we have been loyal customers of the restaurant and all we asked is that we be dropped off. He then pointed to some people at the side waiting saying it is their instructions so I asked them in a loud and firm voice why they don’t want us to enter but got no reply.”
Upon entering the establishment, Calleja approached the table where he said  his parents were already seated waiting for them. A few moments after, he got a call from the driver of his parents informing him that armed men in plainclothes prevented his car from leaving,while two of the “armed men” tried to drag his driver out of the car in an effort to arrest his driver.
“I went inside the restaurant and just went on to have dinner with my father, mother and sister who were all already inside. After about five minutes I got a call from the driver of my father saying some armed men are arresting my driver outside,” Calleja added
He claimed to have immediately stepped out of the restaurant to check and saw two uniformed policemen and around eight armed men in plainclothes already surrounding his driver.
When Calleja tried to ask what the commotion was all about, the armed men in plainclothes introduced themselves as members of the presidential security group and told him that his driver had committed traffic violations for which he should be arrested.
“So I rushed outside and was surprised to see many men around my car and two uniformed PNP officers. I asked my driver what he did. He said they didn’t want him to leave the parking area and asked for his license pointing now to a man in civilian, whom I later I found out to be part of PSG of the President,” he said.
Being a lawyer, Calleja grabbed his driver and tried to create a commotion by raising his voice in an apparent effort to draw attention in the area. He however found himself nearly arrested too. When he asked why he would be arrested, the PSG man allegedly told him he’s guilty of causing “alarm and scandal.”
It was only after the PSG men got hold of his Integrated Bar of the Philippines ID that they got their hands off him and his driver.
Stunned by the incident, Calleja said he just asked his driver to leave. As for himself, he said he went back inside the restaurant and sat with his family. Claiming to be completely stunned and terrified, saying he lost his appetite and just joined his parents, his wife and son at the table.

Moments later, he said he saw  President Aquino arrive and walked straight to the second floor of the restaurant where he was believed to meet somebody.
It was at that point. Calleja  decided they should leave, fearing the situation may get worse.
“I think and I am sure this is not how the President would like his citizens to be treated and I think that this is not how the PSG and PNP train their men. Why arrest my driver? Why take my ID and write down my name and threaten to arrest me? Why don’t they want to give their names? They certainly asked mine and eventually they got my ID and license”, he averred.
Asked what he plans to do as a lawyer, he said none except that: “Lesson learned ask your favorite restaurant if the President is coming before making your reservations,” Calleja said.
A check by this reporter showed that a similar incident took place that same night while the President was already “dining”. However, the driver whom the PSG allegedly bullied was a girl.  Aquino was allegedly told of the incident and ordered his bodyguards to allow the pretty driver to park near his car.