Days after the acquittal of Good Shepherd Sr. Elenita Belardo and nine others in a perjury case, the Religious of the Good Shepherd of the Philippines-Japan issued a statement celebrating the acquittal.
The Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court has acquitted 10 human rights defenders belonging to Karapatan, Gabriela and Rural Missionaries of the Philip-pines of perjury in connection with a case filed by former national security adviser Hermogenes Esperon in 2019.