MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo was confident the sedition cases filed against her in relation to her alleged involvement in the release of video series linking President Rodrigo Duterte his family and friends from illegal drugs will be dismissed.
Robredo’s spokesman Atty. Ibarra Gutierrez said the complaint against the vice president was nothing more than “harassment” and she was looking forward to clearing herself of any wrongdoing.
“Tiwala kami na dahil wala naman siyang maling ginagawa, in fact, klarong-klaro na ang focus nga niya iyong pagtulong sa ating mga kababayan, wala kaming kailangang ikatakot,” Guttierez said.
“Mula simula, iyan ang mantra namin dito, eh: ‘Kapag walang maling ginagawa, hindi kailangang matakot.’ Harapin lang iyong kailangang harapin (dahil) sa dulo, tiwala kami na lalabas ang katotohanan,” he added.
Gutierrez said the claims of Joemel Advincula that Robredo and other oppositionists connived to create the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos were “figments of the imagination.”
“In-address na before iyan ni VP. Walang katotohanan iyan. Pawang imbento iyan. Kuwentong kutsero, tsismis. At nagugulat nga kami na ngayon, iyan ang ginagawang batayan ng PNP (Philippine National Police) para sa referral,” Gutierrez said.
“Hindi niya kilala itong si Advincula. Kahit kailan hindi sila nagkita. Iyong sinasabing meeting sa Ateneo, hindi naman nangyari,” he added.”Maski rito sa kuwento ni Mr. Advincula, sa aking pagkakaintindi, ang sinabi niya nagpunta sa meeting.”
“Nakita niya sa meeting? Iyon na iyong batayan? Parang, ang labo, eh. Hindi na nga nangyari iyon, pero sabihin na nating nangyari, kung iyon lang ang ginawa, eh talagang mahinang-mahina ang kasong ito,” Gutierrez said.
The PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed the complaint before the Department of Justice on Thursday in connection with videos annotated by a certain “Bikoy,” who linked members of the Duterte family to illegal drugs.
Aside from Robredo, named as respondents were Sen. Risa Hontiveros and Leila de Lima, former senators Bam Aquino and Antonio Trillanes IV, and other members of the “Otso Diretso” senatorial slate except Mar Roxas./PN
