VACC lauds SC for firing road rage ex-cop

The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption  hailed the decision of the Supreme Court to terminate the employment of an employee who figured in a road rage video recently.

The anti-crime group described as a prompt action of Supreme Court Associate Justice Ricardo Rosario to terminate the employment of the ex-cop who got into an altercation with a cyclist on the road.

This was aired by VACC president Arsenio "Boy" Evangelista saying Rosario's move would regain the trust and confidence of the public in the justice system, especially since the Supreme Court was dragged into the controversy due to the behavior of Wilfredo Gonzales on a bicycle rider on 8 August.

Evangelista said that to many citizens on the brink of disillusionment about the country's slow-grinding and sometimes unfair justice system, what the SC magistrate did gave them good reason for hope.

Netizens condemned the action of Gonzales when the video of the incident went viral in social media with his drawn gun in front of the bicycle rider.

The public condemnation also cost the position of Quezon City Police District Nicolas Torre III who opted to quit his post over social media backlash on the press conference he held with Gonzales.

Evangelista said Justice Rosario's action was a game changer towards attaining principled and swift justice in this country.

The anti-crime crusader said he found no justification in Gonzales' dangerous act of physically assaulting an unarmed cyclist and then pulling out his gun and cocking the pistol toward him.

Evangelista said, "Whether or not it was the cyclist that provoked the altercation, the High Tribunal magistrate delivered what he believes is the highest standard of justice that Filipinos deserve. This he did quietly and without a speck of propaganda fanfare."

He also lauded Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo and the entire membership of the high bench for "upholding the decision" of Rosario to dismiss Gonzales.