Tag: Referral

Panelo: Referral of Sanchez request for executive clemency without my recommendation meant inhibition

(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, Sept. 4, said the fact that he did not recommend former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez for executive clemency meant he had distanced himself from the issue. Panelo, Sanchez’s former counsel, said in an interview over CNN Philippines that Sanchez also failed to secure a recommendation from President Rodrigo Duterte and from Senator Bong Go despite a letter of request for the same from the former mayor’s daughter, […]

Panelo to file libel raps vs Inquirer.net, Rappler over reports he “endorsed” letter on Sanchez clemency bid

(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday, Sept. 3, said he would file libel charges against Inquirer.net and Rappler for their claims he endorsed the executive clemency bid of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez. “Those articles they’re reeking with not only irresponsibility but with malice,” Panelo said, referring to the Rappler story “Panelo endorsed Sanchez’s letter for executive clemency,” and an Inquirer.net Tweet saying the same. But Panelo has said he merely “referred” the […]

Panelo downplays his referral of Sanchez letter of request for executive clemency; I refer all kinds of letters, he says

(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday, Sept. 3, admitted referring Antonio Sanchez family’s letter requesting executive clemency for the former Calauan, Laguna mayor to the Board of Pardons and Parole, but added this was what he did with all the other letters he received. “And I refer all kinds of letters, the same. I don’t want to be accused by anyone that just because I’m a lawyer I would be not doing anything for […]