THE justice system in the country “is so unfair,” lamented Maria Clara Sarmenta, the mother of Eileen, the University of the Philippines Los Baños student who was raped and killed by then-Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez.

Iluminada Gomez (right), mother of Allan, and Maria Clara Sarmenta, mother of Eileen, answer senators on Monday, September 2, 2019. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

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