{"id":156989,"date":"2018-03-16T23:37:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T03:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=156989"},"modified":"2018-03-16T23:40:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T03:40:15","slug":"prrd-not-harassing-ex-pres-aquino-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/16\/prrd-not-harassing-ex-pres-aquino-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD not ‘harassing’ ex-Pres. Aquino: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malacanang on Friday said nobody is “harassing” former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, not even his successor, President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this reaction after Aquino described the electioneering charges filed against him before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as a “form of harassment”.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one has harassed him, because the President\u2019s position is to let the investigation to go on,\u201d Roque said a Mindavote Live interview in Davao City.<\/p>\n

Aquino and former Cabinet officials have been accused of violating the election code since the controversial PHP3.5 billion Dengvaxia vaccination program’s supposed implementation at the height of the 2016 election campaign.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Aquino sought the junking of the complaint which he said was “based on imagination and wrong intention”.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duterte never spoke against Aquino on the Dengvaxia controversy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf at all, the President (Duterte) said, I would have probably done the same thing. So who is harassing him? Not the President,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President has always been level-headed. Let the investigation proceeds, and we will act after the investigation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Roque said Malacanang will leave the complaint against Aquino to the Comelec \u201cthat has supervision and control over all election-related activities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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