Tiwala ang kampo ni Vice Pres. Leni Robredo na matibay na basehan sa pagiging inosente nito ang nilalaman ng counter-affidavit na kanyang inihain sa Department of Justice.
Ito’y kaugnay ng sedition case ni isinampa laban sa kanya at ilang kritiko ng pangulo sa Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG).
Una rito, personal na dumating si Robredo sa tanggapan ni Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Olivia Torrevillas para i-file ang kanyang apela sa Sinumpaang Salaysay ni Peter Joemel Advincula o alyas Bikoy.
Batay sa 11-pahinang dokumento, iginiit ng bise na wala itong kinalaman sa akusasyon ni Bikoy na nagsabing may plano ang mga kinasuhan na patalsikin si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Makikita rin ang mga larawan ni Robredo noong March 4 na bumisita sa isang event sa Bulacan.
Taliwas sa salaysay ni Advincula at Office of the Solicitor General na bukod sa umano’y pagkikita ni Bikoy at Robredo noong nasabing araw sa Ateneo ay nasundan pa ito.
“In the 11-page document, VP Leni maintained that she did not take part in an alleged destabilization plot against the administration, through a meeting held at the Ateneo de Manila University on the afternoon of March 4, 2019. She said the allegation, made by Peter Joemel Advincula, alias Bikoy, was “impossible” and “an outright lie,” as she was in Bulacan that day for several engagements, all of which were well-documented in photos, news reports, and other documentary and testimonial evidence, which were submitted along with the counter affidavit,” ayon sa Office of the Vice President statement.
“The false and perjurious Sinumpaang Salaysay and the Letter-Complaint should be viewed with the highest degree of caution and suspicion not only because of the unreliable nature of the allegations as discussed above, but because of the very nature of the charges itself,” her counter-affidavit read. “It has been held that ‘[s]edition is the crime usually resorted to by tyrants as a pretext to silence or suppress those persons who have the firmness of character to oppose them and expose their abuses,’” ani Robredo.
Sa ngayon inaantay pa ng DOJ ang counter-affidavit ng iba pang akusado hanggang sa susunod ng hearing ng kaso sa September 6.
