MANILA, Philippines — “It is a mockery of the judicial process.”This was how Tindig Pilipinas, a staunch critic of the Duterte administration, described the sedition complaint filed by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) against opposition members over the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos. ADVERTISEMENTThe opposition alliance said the “filing of flimsy charges” were meant to silence the “democracy, free speech and the redress of grievances that are all constitutionally guaranteed as basic fundamental rights of each and every Filipino.”READ: Sedition case filed vs Robredo, 35 others over ‘Bikoy’ videosThe group also criticized the filing of the complaint which happened amid the administration’s decision to allow China to fish in the country’s exclusive economic zone. READ: Duterte on West Philippine Sea: I’m the owner, I’m just giving China fishing rightsTindig Pilipinas also said the charges “suspiciously” occurred when the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted the Iceland-initiated resolution asking the UN for a deeper probe into the human rights situation in the Philippines. “The move also suspiciously came at a time when the UN Human Rights Council just recently adopted a resolution requesting the High Commissioner to conduct comprehensive monitoring and reporting on [human rights] situation in the country,” it said. /mufREAD: Greater scrutiny on PH killings gets UN rights council’s nodRELATED STORIES: WHAT WENT BEFORE: Peter Joemel AdvinculaADVERTISEMENTRobredo camp says sedition case mere harassment, ‘kwentong kutsero’Project Sodoma: ‘Bikoy’ says opposition wanted Duterte ousted‘Bikoy’: Entire ‘Ang Totoong Narcolist’ fabricated; LP was mastermindPalace denies hand on sedition case vs Robredo, others over ‘Bikoy’ videosRead NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2019 09:33 UTC