MANILA, Philippines–The Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has found former senator Antonio Trillanes IV guilty of libel for his April 2015 statement accusing then Makati mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay of graft and corruption by bribing magistrates to stop the first suspension order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman.
In a decision by Makati RTC Branch 148 Judge Andres Soriano, the prosecution was able to establish the elements of libel in Trillanes’ utterances to the media where he linked the younger Binay to alleged acts of bribery, graft, and corruption among others.
“The Court holds that the prosecution established all the elements oflibelherein against the accu…
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