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CEBU 1st District Rep. Franco Duke Frasco filed a libel case against me last month, alleging that I libeled him for writing that 'he in effect committed bribery when he voted for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte in exchange for various benefits from House Speaker Martin Romualdez.' .
The court even ruled as 'indirect bribery' and imposed severe penalties in cases of obviously good intentions of the accused, as in the case against the mayor of a small town who accepted donations to fund community projects. I think Frasco's case is an open-and-shut case of bribery, which cries out for the opposition in his district or even any Filipino wanting to rid our country of corruption to file a case against him for bribery.
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