Nacionalista Party senatorial bet Atty. Adel Tamano has expressed his support for partymate Col. Ariel Querubin, saying that it is well within Querubin’s rights to campaign.

“Col. Querubin is not a flight risk. It’s his constitutional and democratic right to campaign. Why can’t he exercise those rights?,” Tamano said.

Querubin, also an NP senatorial candidate, is currently in jail and faces mutiny charges. The charges are connected to the 2006 standoff in the Philippine Marines Headquarters in Fort Bonifacio.

Tamano also said that media practitioners are not even allowed to interview the marine colonel.

“Let’s not deprive Col. Querubin of the chance to let the people know what he aims to do for the development of this country,” Tamano said.

Tamano, a constitutional law professor, is the first ever Filipino Muslim to graduate from Harvard Law School. He’s also the former president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. His senatorial campaign highlights education, youth and good governance.