Former first lady and Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos should serve jail time for her crimes despite her old age, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said Monday. Diokno said Marcos’s age “should not be an obstacle to accountability,” adding that the 89-year-old should serve jail time because she did not commit the crime when she was 89 years old but during her 50’s. READ: Sandiganbayan finds Imelda Marcos guilty of 7 graft counts / Imelda gets 77 years but jail time doubtedHe said that should Marcos appeal the Sandiganbayan’s decision before the Supreme Court (SC), he hoped the High Court would decide on Marcos’s motion speedily. “I do hope, however, that the Supreme Court acts on the appeal in the way that it will be very speedy,” he added. I think that’s way too long and I hope that the appeal process will not take that long either,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 12, 2018 02:48 UTC