Justice department to Ressa: Sue us, stop ‘theatrics’home/News/Top Stories/Justice department to Ressa: Sue us, stop ‘theatrics’The Department of Justice (DoJ) over the weekend dared Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa to stop the “theatrics” and file charges if she had been harassed and abused. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra challenged Ressa to bring them to court along with the government over her indictment and arrest last week for a cyberlibel complaint filed by a Filipino-Chinese businessman. The DoJ chief was unmoved by Ressa’s threat to hold the government accountable for her arrest. Guevarra said they were just doing their job and there was nothing personal against Ressa. According to the Justice secretary, there is no truth to Ressa’s allegation that there was “selective justice” committed against her and that there was a “weaponization of the law” involved in the case.

Source: Manila Times February 17, 2019 16:43 UTC