Robredo asks DOJ to dismiss sedition and other criminal charges

August 29, 2019

Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday said government prosecutors should exercise "the highest degree of caution and suspicion" in resolving the sedition and other criminal cases filed against her and over 30 persons by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, in connection with an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte.

In her counter-affidavit submitted before the Department of Justice, Robredo asked prosecutors to dismiss for lack of merit sedition and other criminal charges filed by the PNP-CIDG for her alleged participation in "Oplan Sodoma".

"The false and perjurius Sinumpaang Salaysay (Sworn Statement) 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," Robredo said.

Robredo has been accused of sedition, inciting to sedition, libel, cyberlibel, obstruction of justice and estafa for being part of group to destabilize the government

The part of the alleged plot to oust Duterte would be through releasing videos linking the Duterte's family and allies to illegal drug trade.

The complaint against Robredo and other opposition personalities heavily relied on the affidavit of Peter Joemel Advincula or the self-confessed "Bikoy" in the "Ang Totoong Narcolist" videos. DMS