The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Monday it will try to finish the inventory of physical evidence Tuesday in the 19-year-old Vizconde massacre case following the directive of the Supreme Court for the conduct of DNA analysis of semen specimen.

NBI Deputy Director for Technical Services lawyer Reynaldo Esmeralda said the bureau may also file Tuesday a report before the High Court.

“Inventory of physical evidence started. Hopefully, by tomorrow (Tuesday) we can finish the inventory and turn it over to the University of the Philippines-Natural Science and Research Institute (UP-NSRI). We also intend to file a report at the SC if we able to turn it over to UP-NSRI by Tuesday,” said Esmeralda.

Esmeralda also said the UP-NSRI is the one tasked to conduct the DNA analysis.

“The SC directed the NBI to only assist the parties in facilitating the submission of said specimen to the UP-NSRI,” he said.

Meanwhile, Lauro Vizconde, father of Carmela Vizconde, said he intends to file a motion for reconsideration (MR) at the SC. He said he planned to file an MR for fear that the result of the decision will be adversarial to them.

“Way back in 1997, we already opposed the conduct of DNA test and it (motion) was already dismissed that time. It is only now that the SC decided to proceed with the conduct of DNA analysis. My worry is the result will no longer be credible because of the long period of time of its storage. And we are worried that this will lead to the acquittal of Hubert Webb. We have to act now, we have to do something,” he said.

Last Friday, the SC announced the granting of the petition of Hubert Webb to conduct DNA analysis on the semen specimen taken from the cadaver of Carmela Vizconde.

SC Administrator and spokesman Midas Marquez said the High Court has exempted the case from the rule prohibiting it from trying factual evidence in a case.

Webb is the son of former Senator Freddie Webb who lauded the decision of SC to order the DNA analysis.

"In the higher interest of justice, the Court opted not to remand this case to the trial court anymore, as what should have been done under ordinary procedure. The reason is to expedite the dispensation of justice in this case," he said.

Marquez also said the SC believes the decision to assume the role of a trial court to proceed with trial of facts would benefit both parties in the case.