{"id":157474,"date":"2018-03-20T05:35:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=157474"},"modified":"2018-03-20T05:35:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:35:26","slug":"aguirre-to-file-libel-raps-vs-hontiveros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/20\/aguirre-to-file-libel-raps-vs-hontiveros\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguirre to file libel raps vs. Hontiveros"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II would file a libel complaint against Senator Risa Hontiveros after the lawmaker asked him to resign from his post and called him a \u201cmanufacturer of fake news\u201d and \u201ccook of fake cases\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi na kailangan pag-aralan<\/em>\u00a0(referring to the filing of a complaint for libel). Very clear na defamatory. I saw and heard what she said,\u201d Aguirre said, adding that the complaint would be filed \u201cvery soon”.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could see libel cases filed against her,\u201d Aguirre added.<\/p>\n

Hontiveros, in a statement, said Aguirre is a manufacturer and peddler of fake news.<\/p>\n

The senator also called him \u201ccook of fake cases and now, a reliable friend of criminal masterminds, extrajudicial killers and drug lords\u201d after the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed the drug complaint filed against businessman Peter Lim, self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, and several others and allowed the provisional admission of pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim-Napoles to the Witness Protection Program (WPP).<\/p>\n

Last October, Aguirre filed a criminal complaint for violation of Republic Act NO. 4200 or the Anti-Wire Tapping Act against Hontiveros, John Doe and Peter Does before the Office of the City Prosecutor of Pasay City.<\/p>\n

Aguirre has filed complaints for wiretapping stemming from Hontiveros\u2019 privilege speech on Sept. 11, 2017 after she disclosed that she discovered a plot by the DOJ chief and former Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto \u201cJing\u201d Paras to file a case against her.<\/p>\n

Hontiveros presented a photo of what she claimed as the exchanged of text messages between Aguirre and Paras which she added was accidentally caught on camera by a journalist at a Senate hearing on the killing by members of the Caloocan police of Kian Loyd Delos Santos.<\/p>\n

He also insisted that the lawmaker violated his right to privacy when she showed to the public the contents of said text messages.<\/p>\n

Aguirre also filed an ethics complaint against Hontiveros before the Senate Ethics Committee for the latter making public his supposed text message with a former congressman.<\/p>\n

In his complaint\u2019s prayer, he wanted Hontiveros either suspended or expelled from the Senate noting that the senator and a photographer, whom she refused to name, conspired to take a photo of his supposed text conversation.<\/p>\n

Aguirre earlier said that he would only quit if the President would ask him to do so, or if he felt he has lost his trust in any way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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