Kingdom of Jesus Christ chief Pastor Apollo Quiboloy | INQUIRER / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
MANILA, Philippines — A Pasig court docket has denied the request of detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy to be positioned underneath home arrest.
In a four-page order, the Pasig Metropolis Regional Trial Court docket Department 159 mentioned it discovered no compelling justification to grant the petition of the founding father of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) spiritual sect.
In an order signed on March 12 by performing Presiding Choose Rainelda Estacio-Montesa, she mentioned that “mere conjectures concerning the potential deterioration of [petitioner’s] well being, whereas in detention, are inadequate to justify the grant of home arrest.”
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Earlier, Quiboloy requested that he be detained both on the Backyard of Eden Restored in Tamayong, Davao Metropolis; the KOJC compound in Novaliches, Quezon Metropolis; or in Tagaytay Metropolis.
He invoked the United Nations Commonplace Minimal Guidelines for the Remedy of Prisoners, often known as the Nelson Mandela Guidelines, as further grounds for his request. However the court docket mentioned the principles named after the late South African president have been “not meant to ascertain a authorized basis” for home arrest, however to advertise humane remedy of prisoners.
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