(Even in the hearing of the Senate, or in court, witnesses or resource persons are turning sides, just like that, depending on who they are talking to.) In his complaint before the ICC, Sabio had alleged that the President committed crimes against humanity in the government’s war on drugs. “Our present perjury law only carries a prison term of six months up to two years and two months. With a penalty that light, we can expect lying witnesses not only in Senate hearings but even before the courts,” Lacson pointed out. In 2019, the senator refiled a bill that proposes heavier penalties against lying witnesses, including public officials and employees who may be behind them.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 15, 2020 05:26 UTC