'Truth and light prevailed today,' says former vice president Leni Robredo on the court decision that cleared Rappler's Maria Ressa of tax evasion.
MANILA, Philippines – A number of current and former government officials known for public interest advocacies welcomed thethat cleared Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation of tax evasion charges that hounded her and the company since 2018.
“I hope that the other charges against Maria Ressa and Rappler will soon be similarly dropped, as these were only intended to silence and intimidate members of the media from reporting on and speaking against the excesses of the previous administration, particularly on the bloody, abusive and failed war on drugs,” Hontiveros, deputy minority floor leader in the Senate, said.
“We know that the case filed by the Duterte administration was a harassment suit, similar to the trumped-up charges filed against activists and members of the opposition,” House deputy minority leader France Castro of ACT Teachers said in a statement.
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