THE family and friends of the driver of lawyer Noel Archival called on authorities to arrest of the perpetrators of last week’s high profile ambush-slaying. Alejandro Jayme’s remains were laid to rest at 2 p.m. yesterday at the Talamban public cemetery.
Jayme expired a few hours after the Feb. 18 ambush along the national highway in Dalaguete town.
He was declared dead at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center where he was taken after the gunmen peppered Archival’s car with automatic fire.
Archival and another aide died instantly after the attack. Another aide was seriously wounded.
Jayme left behind three children who remember him as a caring father.
Jayme’s eldest, Girly Maureen, craddled his father’s photograph as the cortege moved from the church to the cemetery.
She hopes to graduate valedictorian at the Talamban Elementary School this April.
She said her father had promised her that he would be present to pin her medal on her graduation.
“Now he’s gone. Why did they kill him, he didn’t do anything to them,” a teary-eyed Maureen told reporters.
Jayme’s wife, Erlinda, appealed to the assailants to listen to their conscience and surrender to the police.
“They have families. We don’t know who to turn to…I don’t know,” Erlinda cried.
The family said they already entrusted the task of arresting the perpetrators to the authorities.
“We hope they can serve justice to Archival’s family.” Florida Jayme, Alejandro sister said.
Archival’s funeral will be at the Angelicum Cemetery, barangay Canduman, Mandaue City this Friday.