Does anyone here know what this 'public controversial position' with Goncalo Amaral IS ?
Here is a translation of a Destak editorial (the bold parts are extraordinary but true !)
Call murderer whom I feel like to...
14 | 01 | 2010 08.40H
Isabel Stilwell | editorial@destak.pt
Maddeleine McCann's father reminded yesterday that this is not the couple who is on trial , but a book. In fact, the 7th Vara of Lisbon Civil Court will not decide whether the parents
killed their daughter , hid or not her body , but whether a thesis that accuses someone of homicide can be published or rather, if I or the reader can write that Mr Y murdered Mr X without a court having reached that conclusion. The issue is the right to freedom of expression versus the right to honor and good name .
This Gerry McCann's exposition seems relevant to me, since reading some newspaper titles one got the idea that the couple would be presented to a judge in order to establish whether or not they were involved in the death of their daughter. «Parents conceal the death of Maddie", titled a journal , "Police confirm that Maddie is dead" wrote another, and this was more or less the content of some TV and radio reports.
Consciously or through silliness, some like to turn what exists into something they like. The McCanns were cleared of the charge of
murdering their daughter. The investigation even failed to prove that Maddie died, but only they hadn't been able to find her. To add to this,
the process was shelved by a Portuguese court. Now if the police officer (GA) or his team feel that justice has not been done they have the moral obligation to find evidence that will convince the court. Then, yes, they can have the case reopened and see convicted those they believe guilty .
Something completely different, and that nothing justifies, is that, when thwarted by justice, the come out of bookshops accusing whoever of a crime and nothing less than the homicide of their own daughter ! I'm afraid of a country where such things are possible.
