Malacañang said there was nothing wrong with the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) helping draft the affidavit of Peter Joemel Advincula, more known as Bikoy, against Vice President Leni Roredo and other opposition figures.
Malacañang said there was nothing wrong with the Office of the Solicitor General helping draft the affidavit of Peter Joemel Advincula, more known as Bikoy, against Vice President Leni Robredo and other opposition figures.Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo made the statement after it was reported that the OSG had a hand in drafting Bikoy’s affidavit despite the Palace’s denial of any involvement in the sedition complaint against Robredo and other administration critics.
“The SolGen is the lawyer of the Republic of the Philippines and all its clients are all office and agencies of the government. Now, it is mandated under the law to counsel, to give lawyering activities to any of the offices when its office is consulted,” he said. “There’s nothing wrong with that because it’s the duty of the SolGen on a lawyer-client relationship,” he continued.
“He makes the departments and the offices function [on] their own without any interference coming from him. He only does it when there is a charge of corruption,” Panelo continued.
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