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In his Thought Leaders piece, Vergel Santos talks about the current administration targeting the opposition and its critics 'in order to undermine their credibility with the public and keep them busy defending themselves.' Read more here:
Sedition, like rebellion, is an overt act. It does not qualify simply thought or spoken; it has got to be a done deed.
As for Fr Robert Reyes, if he is an inciter at all, his motive can only be...well, priestly. And, being in charge of an impoverished parish, he has his hands too full, of demanding souls, to be able to take any further burden. So much for means and opportunity. In fact, he and de Lima have been demoted to the secondary category of accused – those alleged to have only operated in the “shadows.” I’m not so sure what that means exactly. What I know is that a “shadow government” has its own place in a democracy – as a counterpart team from the political opposition that stands ready to take over once the sitting government is defeated in an election, resigns, or is otherwise unable to govern.
At any rate, if there’s any doubt as to the political motives behind these sedition charges, certain antecedents should be decisive., who sought sanctuary from the religious, presenting himself as a penitent and whistleblower. He implicated Duterte and his family and certain associates of theirs in the drug trade. Shrouded and enveloped in shadow to conceal his identity, he went online with records of supposed money made from drugs, codes, modes of operation, and other such details.
Not too long afterwards, he appeared at a hurriedly called press conference barefaced and accompanied by police officers led by their chief, Oscar Albayalde. A brother of Bikoy’s, in an apparent family betrayal, had led police to his sanctuary. He recanted his story forthwith, saying that the opposition had put him up to it.
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