Suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has asked Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla what did he do to earn the latter’s ire, as moves to declare the lawmaker a ‘terrorist’ are underway. | GabrielLaluINQ
“No’ng sinabi na sinimulan na ‘yong proseso para sa pagdeklara sa akin na terorista, paano niyo sisimulan ‘yong proseso na hindi pa nga ako guilty? ‘Di ba? Guilty lang ako sa pagtuturo nila Boying, boss Boying bakit mo ako tinututuro, ano’ng galit mo sa akin? Ano’ng ginawa ko sa’yo, wala akong kasalanan sa inyo boss, bakit niyo ako tinuturo? Sobra naman ‘yan, kawawa na kami masyado pati ang pamilya ko,” he added.
Teves also questioned why the Department of Justice is moving to use Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 against him even as the weapons seized from his properties were allegedly planted. “There’s no rule of law, only the rule of the boss […] it seems that I am being considered, guilty before proven innocent, which is not the spirit of the Constitution, right? You are innocent unless proven guilty. But in my case it’s the other way around,” Teves said in Filipino.
“So that means, if authorities plant evidence in a house of someone, he or she is already a terrorist? Is that it, just because police were ordered to plant evidence? And we can prove to you that there are a lot of planted evidence there […] so if that’s how things go in the Philippines, where is the rule of law?” he asked.
Remulla confirmed last April 17 that the DOJ is looking at designating Teves as a terrorist under the Anti-Terrorism Act. This is in response to Teves’ continuous refusal to return to the Philippines, to face the accusations against him.If Teves is designated as a terrorist, then his assets would be frozen — making the world smaller for him according to Remulla.
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