{"id":213452,"date":"2019-05-09T04:20:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T08:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=213452"},"modified":"2019-05-09T04:20:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T08:20:40","slug":"prrd-not-interested-to-file-cases-vs-groups-in-matrices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/09\/prrd-not-interested-to-file-cases-vs-groups-in-matrices\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD \u2018not interested\u2019 to file cases vs. groups in matrices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gestures to the supporters while delivering his speech during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) campaign rally at the Caraga State University in Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on April 21, 2019. JOEY DALUMPINES\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he has no plans to file cases against personalities and groups conspiring to discredit his family and his administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not interested to file cases,\u201d said Duterte in a campaign rally in Bohol on Wednesday night (May 8).<\/p>\n

\u201cI said — I was asked if it was included in the propaganda for\u2026 Honestly, do people really believe in Otso Diretso? Diretso kayo sa impiyerno (You go straight to hell). If you vote for them, bahala kayo (It\u2019s up to you),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Just hours before Duterte\u2019s speech in Bohol, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo bared that members of the Liberal Party, Magdalo group, media outlets, and other LP supporters in the \u201cOust Duterte\u201d matrix were conspiring to tarnish the President\u2019s reputation and boost their candidates\u2019 chances of winning a seat in the May 13 elections.<\/p>\n

Duterte told the crowd that he obtained the information about the plotters from a foreign source he did not name.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an intelligence community but it\u2019s not Filipino,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

The President said he would rather not bother filing cases against the plotters since they are \u201cnot worth anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust look at them. Look at how dirty they play. It\u2019s very dirty,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte defended the release of the matrices anew, insisting that it was the right of public to know, especially since some of the names were running for a seat in the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI released it because the public are entitled to know. I revealed the names of those seeking public office,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He also bared that the hooded figure who referred to himself as \u201cBikoy\u201d in the controversial \u201cAng Totoong Narcolist\u201d videos which tag him, his family, and allies in the illegal drug trade was produced by the Magdalo group, led by opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a Magdalo production, Trillanes. You\u2019ve heard how he talks. It\u2019s a soldier\u2019s lingo. It\u2019s sarcastic,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell anyway, the truth always comes out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Panelo alleged that Peter Joemel Advincula, a man claiming to be Bikoy in the videos, was only being used as a \u201cpawn\u201d by the plotters named in the matrices.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the Palace will leave it to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to decide whether it will pursue cases against the personalities and groups mentioned in the matrices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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