DOJ wards off VP Sara Duterte’s statement, says it’s looking into filing case due to her threats

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00:00The threatening remarks the Vice President spewed against the President, First Lady and the House Speaker

00:05falls within the purview of the Anti-Terror Act her father signed into law

00:10before his term ended in mid-2022.

00:13Contacting and engaging the services of a second party or hitman or assassin

00:17is an act of conspiracy designed, in this case, to visit harm on the aforementioned targets.

00:23BTV's Luisa Erizpe has more.

00:25The Department of Justice has dismissed the statement of Vice President Sara Duterte

00:32saying she will be charged for violation of the Anti-Terror Law

00:36so the government can freeze her assets and properties.

00:39According to USEC Jesse Andres, it is clear that DOJ is looking to file such a case

00:44because her words threatening President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. violates the Republic Act of 11479.

00:52We are not filing a case against the Vice President.

00:57However, the Anti-Terror Law also stipulates a proposal to commit terrorism,

01:07a conspiracy to commit terrorism.

01:11And the very act of committing terrorism is already a criminal act.

01:18The DOJ also insists, based on Section 4 of the Anti-Terror Law,

01:22any intent to harm a person is clearly an act of terror.

01:26But the Justice Department explained, even though the Vice President could be charged

01:30with articles or provisions in the Anti-Terror Law,

01:33she is not automatically a terrorist just yet.

01:36We are not branding the Vice President as a terrorist.

01:41But it is possible for her to be liable under the Anti-Terror Law simply by conspiring.

01:47Conspiracy consists of two people coming to an agreement to execute any of these acts,

01:53including causing death and bodily harm to another person.

01:57The DOJ once again insisted this process should be done to protect all Filipinos in the country

02:03and to show the strength of the justice system in the Philippines.

02:06This is a situation where we have to show that the rule of law applies to everyone

02:12and no one is above the law.

02:14Meanwhile, the DOJ also said it may issue a subpoena against former President Rodrigo Duterte

02:20for his remarks encouraging the military to rise up and remedy a fractured government,

02:25which so many believe is seditious in intent.

02:28From PTV, Luisa Erispe, Balitang Pambansa.

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