Yanson feud – Causings went to court-5

By Modesto P. Sa-onoy

 

The criminal complaint said that the Causings “pleaded, vigorously, with respondents Carbon, Pugoy, and Lopez to either postpone or defer the disconnection of their lifeline water source but were only met by respondents’ feigned expression of concern and fake compassion.”

As with all people whose lifeblood and necessities as water are being suddenly severed the Causings asked for consideration, but so heartless were the three enforcers, despite the irregularity of their actions. Thus the lawyers of Nico scoffed at the enforcers for their hypocritical response to a legitimate plea to underscore the scorn of the enforcers at the plight of their victims.

Their pretense shows their contempt, characteristics and unconcern of executioners. The only difference is that at least an executioner is hooded, not only for fear of retaliation but to cover his shame. Here, the three flaunted their subservience.

The complaints further said, “In reality, however, respondents were just callous to Complainant’s invocation of humanitarian considerations and were clearly hell-bent on pursuing their inhumane and illegal action – NO MATTER WHAT”.

Unable to dissuade the enforcers, “Nico called his Dad’s lawyer and have him talk to Atty. Pugoy but, the latter was too insistent to have Complainants’ water connection cut-off that very moment and considering their sheer number and composition, putting up a determined stand would be utterly useless.”

The place is a high-end subdivision. Can you imagine the loss of face the Causings suffered as if they could not pay their water bills? Not a request for postponement for the family to at least procure their needed water for the day could sway the minds of Olivia’s enforcers. Ah, who was it who said, “My brain has no heart, and my heart has no brain”? A sad commentary indeed for those whose heart is subdued behind a great wealth.

Would acceding to a postponement make any difference? Would it have impoverished Olivia or belittled her power?

“A few minutes after respondents Carbon, Pugoy, Lopez and the rest of their entourage left the unit,” the complaint continues, “Shean broke down in tears apparently traumatized by the just concluded harrowing experience.”

Who would not be after being shamed publicly? The psychological impact on a young wife is immeasurable because they are innocent and did not deserve this tyrannical treatment from people who are supposed to be educated and Christian. How apt are the words of Thomas Harris in his book, Silence of the Lambs: “He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart.”

Thus the trauma remained even after the executors of Olivia’s demands had departed. The complaint continued, “It took respondents only about THIRTY (30) minutes to disconnect Complainants’ all too vital water line, but for several weeks after the tragic incident, Complainants were still trying to pick up their lives’ shattered pieces.”

And so, “after respondents Carbon, Pugoy, Lopez and the rest of their entourage left the Unit, the Couple would scamper for all the help they can muster from family, relatives, and friends just to ensure that their beloved Syrus would have an adequate supply of clean and potable water that their baby badly needs.”

The words of Nico’s lawyer may appear to be melodramatic, but only when one has never undergone the sudden disruption of their lives as the couple suffered from Olivia Yanson’s hired hands that one can consider it to be over-emotional. To be publicly humiliated and suddenly deprived of one’s basic need for an act that one has not done is terrible in itself. Only the thick-skinned person cannot feel this degradation.

Rightly did they cry out for justice for redress due to the ordeal that threatened their well-being and peaceful life!

The complaint shifted to another but collateral incident.

“As though this horrible trauma was not enough, a team of CENECO (the local electricity distribution cooperative in the City) personnel, accompanied by and apparently acting on the orders of Pugoy, entered the Village sometime in the morning of July 3, 2020 (less than a day after the BACIWA incident), proceeded to the post located outside Complainants’ Unit and surreptitiously disconnected their vital electricity connection without the simple and basic courtesy of informing the Complainants, who, by the way, are the paying clients of Ceneco.”

We continue tomorrow.