{"id":260855,"date":"2020-07-08T05:37:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T09:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260855"},"modified":"2020-07-08T05:37:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T09:37:48","slug":"duterte-vows-to-expose-maria-ressa-as-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/08\/duterte-vows-to-expose-maria-ressa-as-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte vows to expose Maria Ressa as ‘fraud’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On June 16, Ressa claimed that the Palace statement that Duterte values press freedom was \u201cmisleading at best, a lie at worst.\u201d (File photo: NAIA Media Affairs Division via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday bared that he would soon expose the truth about Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa being a \u201cfraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a taped public address aired on state-run PTV-4 early Wednesday, Duterte said he is now preparing documents that would prove that Ressa is a trickster.<\/p>\n

\u201cRessa is a fraud.\u00a0Maniwala kayo<\/em>\u00a0(Believe me). Give us time. (It\u2019s) too early for you to enjoy\u00a0\u2018yung mga<\/em>\u00a0award-award\u00a0mo<\/em>\u00a0(your awards). You are a fraud actually,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 on June 15 convicted Ressa and former Rappler researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. of cyber libel and sentenced them to a jail term ranging from six months and one day to six years.<\/p>\n

The court ruling against Ressa and Santos was based on the 2017 cyber libel complaint lodged by businessman Wilfredo Keng.<\/p>\n

Keng was named by Rappler as the owner of a sports utility vehicle used by the late chief justice Renato Corona who at that time was facing an impeachment case.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he could not stomach reading articles published by the online site.<\/p>\n

Taking a jab at Ressa, he said \u201csome folders\u201d he obtained in the past years show evidence that the embattled Rappler chief is a fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have some folders in me given all throughout the years. You will have a dose of your own medicine one of these days,\u201d Duterte said. \u201cWe are just compiling at this stage. And someday in bold letters, we will show your incongruity. You are a fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Critics have claimed that Ressa\u2019s conviction is an affront to press freedom.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang has repeatedly said Duterte is not behind Ressa\u2019s conviction as the President continues to value the freedom of the press and freedom of speech in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

On June 16, Ressa claimed that the Palace statement that Duterte values press freedom was \u201cmisleading at best, a lie at worst.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duterte, alluding to Ressa, said the Rappler chief would be judged the way she judged his administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou judge us the way\u2026 Then one of these days, we will also judge you in the same way and with more ferocity. And it will come. It will come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The PNA sought a reaction from Ressa through her official Twitter account but she has yet to reply as of posting time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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