Английская Википедия:Harriet Demetriou
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:BLP sources Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Harriet Obias Demetriou is a Filipino lawyer and retired judge. She served as the chairperson of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from 1999 to 2001, the first woman to serve in that post. Prior to that, she was an associate justice of the Sandiganbayan, serving from 1995 to 1998. As presiding judge of the Pasig regional trial court, she presided over the trial for the murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez, in which Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez and his accomplices were convicted in 1995.
Career
Regional Trial Court Judge
Demetriou, the then-judge of Pasig regional trial court, handed down the March 1995 verdict against former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez and six others (then-PNP Calauan Deputy Chief George Medialdea, Luis Corcolon, Rogelio "Boy" Corcolon, Zoilo Ama, Baldwin Brion, and Pepito Kawit) for the rape-slay of 21-year-old Mary Eileen Sarmenta and the killing of 19-year-old Allan Gomez in June 1993.[1]
Chair of the Commission on Elections
On January 11, 1999, she was appointed by President Estrada as Chairman of the Commission on Elections. After the events of January 2001 that led to the ouster of President Estrada from power, Demetriou tendered her courtesy resignation which was accepted by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[2]
Later legal career
Demetriou was the lead counsel for the core officers of the Magdalo Group, who led the siege on the Oakwood hotel on July 27, 2003.[3]
Personal life
Demetriou is Roman Catholic, and is a devotee of the Our Lady, Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace.[4] She has sued exorcist priest Winston Cabading for offending religious feelings over the priest's alleged mockery of the Marian image which is not recognized by the Holy See.[5]
On January 24, 2024, Makati Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Crystal Dei Embido-Buenaventura dismissed the Perjury case (Mediatrix of All Grace offending religious feelings case) for "insufficiency of evidence, since her complaint has no basis and there is no proof or document to support her claims."[6]
See also
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