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President Duterte defends Justice Secretary Aguirre over “expedite cases vs (Hontiveros)” text

September 13, 2017

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday defended Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre after Senator Risa Hontiveros made public a text message the justice secretary supposedly sent, urging a former lawmaker to “expedite cases” against her. “That is so naive,” Duterte said. He said no one was, after all, allowed to “make an inference” about someone who was only exercising his constitutional right. Duterte was apparently referring to Aguirre’s right to private communications, which the […]

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Aguirre blasts Hontiveros for making private text messages public

September 12, 2017

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre decried what he said was the “shameless violation of a citizen’s right to the privacy of communications,” after Senator Risa Hontiveros showed during a privilege speech what she said were his text messages urging a speedy filing of cases against her to a Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption member during a Senate hearing. Without admitting that he had actually sent the messages, Aguirre said in a statement on […]

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Senator Hontiveros urges Justice Secretary Aguirre to resign over “expedite cases vs Risa” text

September 12, 2017

(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday asked Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to resign after messages he purportedly texted showed he urged someone to “expedite cases” against her. In her privilege speech, Hontiveros showed pictures of Aguirre using his cellphone during a Sept. 5 hearing into the killings from the war on drugs. A zoomed in version of the photos showed the exchange of text messages between Aguirre and a certain “Cong. Jing,” who […]

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