By Prince Golez
Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa was convicted because she did not provide any evidence for her news website’s claim against businessman Wilfredo Keng, Malacañang said.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque was reacting to claims that President Rodrigo Duterte was behind the guilty verdict on Ressa and former researcher-writer Rey Santos.
“Unang una, ang kaso po ni Maria Ressa, pribadong indibidwal ang nag-kaso sa kanya. Hindi po gobyerno, hindi taong gobyerno, hindi pulitko, pribadong indibidwal,” Roque said in a virtual presser Tuesday.
In 2017, Keng filed the cyber libel complaint against the two journalists for a 2012 article linking him to human trafficking and drug smuggling.
“Paano naman hindi mako-convict si Maria Ressa, hindi naman siya nag-introduce ng evidence na walang malice? Ni hindi nag-introduce ng evidence na vinerify nila yung kanilang nirereport na kriminal ang isang pribadong indibidwal bago nila ito ipinublish. Walang ganung ebidensyang ipineresenta.
“Samantala kapag private ang complainant meron tayong malice in law, presumption na yung malicious imputation is, in fact, malicious at kinakailangan inovercome yan ni Ted Te (Ressa’s counsel). E di naman ginawa ni Ted Te, ni walang kahit anong ebidensya, pano sya maabsulto? Parang ngang gusto niyang ma-convict, ayan po na-convict na,” he added.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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