Finally,
CJHDevCo Chairman Robert Sobrepeña has been vindicated after the Pasay
Rergional Trial Court junked the 1.5 billion estafa case against him filed by
the Department of Justice. Bases Conservation Development Agency had accused
Sobrepeña for not paying their rental in the Camp John Hay. CJH DevCo serves as
the developer of the former American bases started in 1998 and since then the
company made a lot of developments to the area.
The trial court found out that their
is no probable cause to pursue the case against Sobrepena. This was the reason
why they thrown the case. Aside from that, the DOJ practiced a selective
prosecution when they single out Sobrepena in the case. They didn’t included
all members of the board of directors of CJHDevCo. BCDA also agreed to defer
the rental of Camp John Hay on their lease agreement. It means that the government
agency agreed to delay the payment of the rental pay. But it doesn’t mean that
the developer will not pay them. There is no logic about the argument of the
BCDA who charged a case against Sobrepeña.
Sobrepena’s camp really welcomed the
decision of the trial court. They proved that the truth is on their side. For
them, the estaffa case is just a harrasment to their chairman. Maybe his
oppenents wanted to discredit him although he is doing his job very well.
Because of CJHDevCo projects, they boosted the tourism in Baguio and they had
also given livelihood to the local in that province.
For suse, BCDA President Arnel
Cassanova is not happy about the decision of the Pasay trial court. He firmly
believed that Sobrepeña is not doing his obligation to the government. As a
matter of fact, he wanted to kick out CJH DevCo in Camp John Hay. He even
claimed that the they already won over the case in against them. So, they can
takeover Camp John Hay. Of course, Sobrepeña believed that it was just demoralize
their camp. He said that they will fight for their rights under the law. As for
now, hey will just continue their business in Camp John Hay.
