Former vice presidential contender Walden Bello will be arraigned in Davao City this month for the cyberlibel case filed against him by Vice President Sara Duterte’s aide Jefry Tupas. /PDI
She cited Section 6, Rule 110 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure which required that the information only needed to state the ultimate facts constituting the offense; and that the evidence and other details could be provided during the trial. She also ruled that the credibility of both the prosecution’s and the accused’s respective evidence may best be tested during the actual trial.
“We regret the decision of Judge Fuentes but we are preparing for a long fight against the cyberlibel charge against Dr Bello. We remain confident that the courts will ultimately vindicate us,” said Espiritu, the lead counsel for the defense. Bello’s lawyers also filed an urgent motion to resolve the petition for review on merit which they filed before the Secretary of Justice in July last year but which still remained pending until now. The DOJ initially dismissed the petition on procedural grounds August 30 last year but Bello had filed a motion for reconsideration 15 days later.
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