MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang will let the courts do its duty after the Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoking Rappler’s license to operate. “As we said, any case that has been filed before the courts we will not interfere. We will let the law takes its course,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: CA denies Rappler appeal in SEC casePanelo maintained that the case of Rappler was not a press freedom issue. Ever since, it’s never related [to press freedom],” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 11, 2019 05:48 UTC