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Castro reacts to 'onion skin' tirade: 'Bakit parang ako pa ang may kasalanan?' 

Published Oct 25, 2023 07:36 am

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  • ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro couldn't help but recall one of Rodrigo Duterte's oft-repeated macho lines when he was still president after she was rebuked for suing the latter for grave threat. 

20231025_151925.jpgACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (PPAB, Malacañang photo)

 

 

 

 

 

ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro couldn't help but recall one of Rodrigo Duterte's oft-repeated macho lines when he was still president after she was rebuked for suing the latter for grave threat. 

"Dati ang sinasabi ng mga Duterte na kapag may ginawa silang masama kasuhan daw sila. Ngayong kinasuhan naman ay aatakehin pa ang biktima," Castro, a Makabayan bloc member, said in a statement Wednesday, Oct. 25. 

(Before, the Dutertes like to tell people to charge them if ever they do something bad. Now, after a case was filed, they're attacking the victim.) 

On Tuesday, Oct. 24, Castro and her counsel filed a charge of grave threat against the former president, who had threatened to "kill" over the confidential funds issue during a television interview two weeks ago. 

Earlier Wednesday, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte came out to defend his father by saying that he knows a lot of things about militant congressmen. Rep. Duterte also said public servants shouldn't be "onion-skinned" when I comes to criticisms. 

"Bakit parang ako pa ang may kasalanan, samantalang buhay ko ang pinagbantaan at muling ni-redtag? asked Castro, a House deputy minority leader 

(Why am I being made to look at fault, when I was the one threatened and red-tagged?) 

"I filed a grave threats case against former president Rodrigo Duterte because I am protecting myself, my family and my colleagues. Also death threats and red-tagging aired on television must be must be stopped because it endangers the lives of people," she noted. 

"It is far different from criticisms and should not be tolerated because it fosters the state of impunity.We have to draw the line," explained the teacher solon. 

"Besides, the onion skin doctrine even in libel cases does not give license to anyone to issue death threats. Legitimate criticism of public officials are valid but what Duterte did was not criticism but threats," she said. 

"Also such a doctrine neither discounts nor diminishes the right of persons to life and safety (which includes freedom from fear).Iba ang criticism sa death threat," Castro concluded. 

 

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