MANILA - Opposition Sen.
Risa Hontiveros on Friday called as “badly written telenovela” and “awful script,” the sedition charges filed against her and several others in connection to a series of viral videos that linked President Rodrigo Duterte’s family to the drug trade.
A series of YouTube clips titled "Totoong Narco-list" before the 2019 elections claimed drug money was funneled into the bank accounts of Duterte's son, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte, his son-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio, and former aide, Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go. The complaint was based on Advincula’s sworn statement. The Department of Justice said Advincula, in his statement, detailed "supposed meetings with the aforenamed personalities and how they planned what he referred to as 'Project Sodoma.'"
“I fear that this is another attempt to introduce a ‘distracting narrative’ to the people to veer public attention away from the real issues surrounding the country's state of affairs,” Hontiveros said.
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