Charges against Rappler CEO Maria
Ressa is piling up.
The most recent is for violation of
the anti-Dummy law to which she has already posted bail for he momentary
freedom.
In the mix of her arrest, she keeps
on harping that the freedom of the press is being trampled upon.
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| Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo (photo credit to owner) |
Malacanang Palace slammed Maria Ressa
for always saying in her media interviews that what has happened to her is a
violation of press freedom, and that she
is invoking such right in her attacks in the government.
Presidential spokesperson atty. Salvador
Panelo said that Ressa cannot forever use freedom of the press as an excuse,
most especially if her transgressions with the law has nothing to so of her job
as a journalist.
She was arrested last week for
allegedly violating the Anti Dummy Law, in connection with the real ownership
of her company.
She paid P90,000 bail at the Pasig City Regional Trial Court
Branch 265.
Ressa claims that her freedom of the
press is under siege in the country, saying the government is harassing journalist
lie her.
“She cannot forever hide behind the
freedom of the press every time she commits what probably is a transgression of
law as determined by the investigating prosecutor and the judge handling her
case,” Panelo said.
Panelo, chides Ressa adding that she
wants special treatment owing to her being a journalist and uses her profrssion
to shield her from accountability of a wrongdoing that she could be guilty of.
And Ressa instead focus on her
defenses instead of convincing others
that she is being harassed by the government.
“Instead of fomenting disrespect to
the duly-constituted authorities and using her journalistic talent to spread
her twisted and pretentious advocacy, she should focus on her defense and be
truthful on her present situation,” Panelo said.
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