{"id":204598,"date":"2019-03-01T02:47:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T07:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=204598"},"modified":"2019-03-01T02:47:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T07:47:21","slug":"manila-court-defers-ressa-arraignment-on-cyber-libel-rap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/01\/manila-court-defers-ressa-arraignment-on-cyber-libel-rap\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila court defers Ressa arraignment on cyber libel rap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Both Ressa and co-accused, former Rappler writer Reynaldo Santos, were also present during Friday’s hearings. (File photo by PCOO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Friday deferred the arraignment of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa on the cyber libel case filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng.<\/p>\n

Instead, Branch 46 Judge Rainelda H. Estacio-Montesa gave the prosecution 10 days to file their comment or objection to the motion to quash filed by Ressa’s counsels from the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) — Arno Sanidad, Gregorio Viterbo Jr., former Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te, and Jose Manuel L. Diokno.<\/p>\n

The motion to quash reiterated the defense\u2019s earlier claim that the law was not in effect when the story in question was published.<\/p>\n

The defense is in turn was given five days to file a reply to the comment which may be filed by the prosecution to their motion to quash.<\/p>\n

The prosecution has five days to file a rejoinder to the reply of the defense panel.<\/p>\n

“The court expects to receive the last pleading on March 25,2019. Thereafter the motion to quash is deemed submitted for resolution,” Estacio-Montesa said in an order.<\/p>\n

The court has reset the arraignment on April 12, 2019.<\/p>\n

Both Ressa and co-accused, former Rappler writer Reynaldo Santos, were also present during Friday’s hearings.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Keng filed a cyber libel complaint against Ressa and Rappler after he was named as the owner of a sports utility vehicle used by the late Chief Justice Renato Corona in the article titled, “CJ using SUVs of ‘controversial’ businessmen\u201d published on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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