The court in Davao City handling the libel cases against Walden Bello on Thursday granted his motion to suspend proceedings pending his petition for a review of his indictment before the Department…
The court in Davao City handling the libel cases against Walden Bello on Thursday granted his motion to suspend proceedings pending his petition for a review of his indictment before the Department of Justice.
Lawyer Luke Espiritu, Bello’s lead counsel, told reporters in an interview Thursday that his client is determined to prove his innocence. He added the legal team would exhaust all available remedies, including a petition before the Supreme Court to dismiss outright the case on grounds of “political persecution.”
“If all of these measures will not work out, we’re hellbent on preparing for trial, and one of the defenses that we are exploring is to prove the truth, because truth is a defense in libel,” he said. “The SC should recognize that and transfer the venue to a more neutral place because the court may want to be neutral but the political context in the place cannot but affect the hearing of a particular case,” he said.
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