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The complaints of former Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his brother-in-law Manases Carpio stem from the opposition senator's statement that they extorted money from companies regulated by the LTFRB
DENIAL. Vice Mayor Davao City, Paolo Duterte (left), and Maneses Carpio (right) face a Senate inquiry into smuggling. Photo of the file by Joseph Vidal
MANILA, Philippines – Aside from the order of President Rodrigo to cancel his amnesty, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV still has one thing to fear.
Duterte's eldest son, Paolo Duterte, and the president's son-in-law, Manases Carpio, filed separate defamation complaints against the senator at the Davao City Prosecutor's Office on 6 September.
Photos of both complaints were sent to Rappler on Friday. The complaints were filed three days after the publication of Duterte's Proclamation No. 572 cancel the Trillanes amnesty and pave the way for his possible arrest.
Carpio and Duterte, a former vice mayor of Davao City, accused Trillanes of committing a defamation during a radio interview.
Trillanes reportedly said in an interview with DYAB Cebu in September 2017 that Duterte and Carpio would have partnered with VIIFR regional director Ahmed Cuison to request a "percentage" or a sum before a franchise's approval Uber.
The complaint included a transcript of the supposed interview. He quotes Trillanes as saying to the Leo Lastimosa television channel, "Ganito po and impormasyon na nakalap natin. Ah, at the national level, the team leader Mans Carpio to Paolo Duterte, the father and father of all similar companies to the university, have been similar companies in the world."
(Here is the information we received.) At the national level, there is a shakedown and this group of Mans Carpio and Paolo Duterte require a percentage for the approval of the Uber franchise and others. similar companies.)
Duterte stated that Trillanes' allegation was "downright false, baseless and unfounded" and that it was based on "double or even multiple hearsay information".
The appellant "pure black propaganda," the former vice mayor also said that Trillanes' words were only meant to "denigrate, destroy, and kill my name and reputation by being the son of our president Rodrigo Roa Duterte ".
What is defamation? The Revised Penal Code defines defamation as a "public and malicious imputation" of a crime or any act that tends to "cause disgrace, discredit or disregard" of a person.
Four elements are necessary to make a slanderous remark: there must be imputation of a discriminatory act, it must have been published, the defamed person has been identified and there must be malice.
Exceptions to this rule are when the remark was made in a private communication and it was a "fair and equitable report" written in good faith or about statements and acts "made by officials in the performance of their duties ".
By the time Trillanes launched these accusations on the radio, Duterte was still deputy mayor of Davao City.
Duterte and Carpio had previously filed a civil suit against Trillanes for his charges of smuggling $ 6.4 billion last year.
The case was filed a few days after Duterte resigned from his position as deputy mayor of "delicadeza (sense of ownership)". – Rappler.com
