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Panelo slams NBI on case vs Sara Duterte: ‘Go back to law school’
Former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo advised NBI Director Jaime Santiago to return to law school, asserting that the criminal charges recommended against Vice President Sara Duterte lacked factual and legal grounds.
The NBI had recommended filing Inciting to Sedition and Grave Threats charges against the Vice President following her statement about hiring someone to assassinate President Marcos, the First Lady, and Speaker Martin Romualdez if her own assassination plan succeeded.
Panelo argued that there was no crime of 'threat from the grave' and that VP Duterte did not publicly and tumultuously incite people to sedition or to act against authorities.
Panelo suggested the NBI's action was politically motivated and urged the agency to focus on apprehending criminals rather than damaging the Vice President's reputation with public funds.
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