NAGLABAS ng pahayag si Davao City 1st Congressional District Representative Paolo Dutere ngayong Miyerkules kaugnay sa criminal complaint na isinampa ni ACT Teacher Party-list France Castro laban sa kanyang ama na si dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte .
Ayon kay Rep. Duterte, “We all have the right to file a complaint against anyone in court. But public servants should not be onion-skinned and should not make use of this right as a tool to silence critics.”
“The former President has received much harsher and humiliating criticisms in the past but never filed a case against anyone. As public servants, we all are under scrutiny by the Filipino people. If the former President has said something that threatened her, then maybe she should come out clean. ‘Di yung nagtatago tayo sa likod ng so-called “right” na ito.”
” As a Congressman myself, madami din akong alam sa maka-kaliwang mga Party-list Representatives. Tigilan na lang natin ang ka-dramahan at pagpapa-media.”
Sa naging reaksyon naman ni House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teacher’s partylist Rep. France Castro sinabi nitong, “Bakit parang ako pa ang may kasalanan, samantalang buhay ko ang pinagbantaan at muling ni-redtag?”.
“I filed a grave threats case against former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte because I am protecting myself, my family and my colleagues. Also death threats and red-tagging aired on television must be must be stopped because it endangers the lives of people. It is far different from criticisms and should not be tolerated because it fosters the state of impunity.We have to draw the line,”ayon pa sa mambabatas.
“Dati ang sinasabi ng mga Duterte na kapag may ginawa silang masama kasuhan daw sila. Ngayong kinasuhan naman ay aatakehin pa ang biktima,”dagdag pa niya.
“Besides the onion skin doctrine even in libel cases does not give license to anyone to issue death threats. Legitimate criticism of public officials are valid but what Duterte did was not criticism but threats. Also such a doctrine neither discounts nor diminishes the right of persons to life and safety (which includes freedom from fear).Iba ang criticism sa death threat,” ani pa ni Rep. Castro.
Nag-ugat ang sigalot sa pagitan ng dalawang kampo matapos magsampa ng kasong Grave Threat under Article 282 ng Revised Penal code and section 6 of the cybercrime prevention Act of 2012 sa inilabas na pahayag sa programa sa telebisyon sa Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) na mapagusapan ang confidential fund ng kanyang anak na si Bise president Sara Duterte.
