Image from Sugar Mercado’s Instagram account - Former SexBomb dancer Sugar Mercado questioned the QC court’s decision to reverse an early ruling which recommend the filing of child abuse case against her ex-husband
- She also cried foul over the court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against her and her mother
- The Gabriela Women’s Party march with Mercado to the QC court to protest the decision
MANILA, Philippines – Former all-girl dance group SexBomb member Sugar Mercado is facing arrest after a Quezon City court issued a warrant over the child abuse case filed by her ex-husband, Kristoffer Jay Go.
However, Mercado cried foul over the decision of Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Dindo G. Venturanza to reverse the earlier recommendation of the investigating Prosecutor Flordeliza Ramos-Lagasca who found probable cause for the filing of charges of Anti Violence against Women and Children Act against Kristoffer Jay Go.
At the same time, Lagasca also dismissed the charges filed against Mercado and her mother, Yolanda Mercado.
“Malinaw sa original resolution ni Fiscal Lagasca, dismissed ang kaso ng child abuse laban sa amin. Malinaw din ang kanyang original recommendation: sampahan ng 5 kaso sa paglabag sa RA 9262 (Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children (VAWC) Act) aking dating asawa,” Mercado said in her Facebook post.
[Fiscal Lagasca’s original resolution was clear, the child abuse case against us is dismissed. It is also clear in her original recommendation: file 5 counts of violations of RA 9262 against my former husband.
But Venturanza threw out Lagasca’s recommendation and instead sided with Go in filing child abuse charges against Mercado and her mother.
Fight to the end
In November 2015, Mercado filed a case against Go for violating RA 9262, citing physical, emotional and economical abuses she suffered at the hands of her estranged husband. Early this year, she managed to seek a temporary protection order against Go.
But the recent turn of events has dismayed the former Eat Bulaga dancer. Nevertheless, Mercado vowed to fight back, saying she is no longer scared.
“Lalaban ako. Ipaglalaban ko ang karapatan ko para sa mga anak ko. Ipaglalaban ko ang hustisya na nararapat para sa akin bilang biktima ng pang-aabuso. Baliktarin man nila ang mga pangyayari, gamitin man nila lahat ng kanilang pera, lalaban kami ng aking buong pamilya,” she wrote on Facebook.
[I will fight. I will fight for the rights of my children. I will fight for justice that should have been accorded me as the victim of abuses. Regardless whether they will twist the circumstances, or use their money, our family will fight to the end.]
March with Gabriela
On Thursday, July 7, the Gabriela Women’s Party marched with Mercado to the Quezon City court to protest the arrest warrant issued against the latter, and to support her in her legal battle against Go.
“It is an outrage that the courts are now party to the anguish that victims of violence and their families are subjected to. We join Sugar Mercado and her family in standing up against this injustice,” said Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas on the group’s Facebook account.
Brosas added the courts clearly erred in reversing Prosecutor Lagasca’s early ruling. The women’s group also expressed their admiration for Mercado’s “determination to stand up against abuse” and her readiness “to fight injustices.”
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