ANGELES CITY -- The national president and chairman of the Volunteer Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) are now facing ten counts of cyber libel and two counts of libel.
The cases were filed Wednesday morning, February 12, at the Prosecutor’s Office of the Angeles City Hall of Justice by VACC Central Luzon head coordinator Pyra Lucas against Arsenio “Boy” Evangelista and Cory Quirino, who were allegedly holding the positions of national president and chairman of the group, respectively.
Lucas said Evangelista and Quirino allegedly said that she was removed from her position as regional coordinator due to alleged anomalous transactions.
Newspaper and social media reports in April 2019 stated that Evangelista claimed that Lucas was removed from VACC as regional head coordinator because of complaints claiming that the latter was demanding P2.2 million from a couple so that they could expedite and have a favorable decision on their petition for review on a rape case filed at the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Evangelista allegedly showed mediamen a VACC board resolution forbidding Lucas to represent the group and at the same time a resolution claiming that she is no longer a member of the group.
Lucas denied the allegations of Evangelista and claimed that the VACC hierarchy has not yet released until now a copy of the said board resolution.
Lucas explained that the said decision is a clear violation of the VACC by-laws because in case of expulsion, it must be voted by the majority of the members and not by the mere votes of the Board of Trustees (BOT).
These actions are against the VACC by-laws, Lucas stressed and raised the need to have an election for the national positions of the VACC using the right process so as to prevent the growing number of demoralization among its ranks. (Chris Navarro)