Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Thursday filed over 100 cyber libel suits against Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor, her rival for the mayoralty in the May 9 elections, before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly “cross- Read more👇
rival for the mayoralty in the May 9 elections, before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly “crossing the boundaries of free speech.”
“Sometime in early February, however, I was informed by a concerned citizen that his official posts were already libelous. When I finally read them, I confirmed that these were no longer acceptable nor tolerable, and legal lines were crossed,” she added.ADVERTISEMENT “The Supreme Court has time and against stressed that elected officials should not be onion-skinned or overly sensitive when it comes to public criticism,” he said.
According to Belmonte, Defensor claimed in another post that a Quezon City Hall employee was set to file a plunder case against the mayor at the Office of the Ombudsman because of purported “overpriced ayuda.”
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