A law dean on Tuesday said Vice President Leni Robredo’s video message for a United Nations event is not proof of her supposed betrayal of public trust.
Fr. Ranhillo Aquino, dean of the Sen Beda Graduate School of Law, told Radyo Veritas that there was nothing wrong in Robredo’s decision to express concern over the human rights violations linked to the administration’s war on drugs.
He said everybody is entitled to an
opinion and that Robredo still has her freedom of speech and expression
despite being the vice president of the country.
The said video prompted Marcos loyalists’
Oliver Lozano and Melchor Chavez to file an impeachment complaint
against Robredo, citing culpable violation of the Constitution, acts of
injustice, and betrayal of public trust.
In her video message for the UN
Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Robredo said, “Drug abuse should not be
treated as one that can be solved with bullets alone. It must be
regarded as it truly is: a complex public health issue, linked
intimately with poverty and social inequality.”
Robredo, who is a member of the Liberal
Party, has been at odds with President Rodrigo Duterte. Since taking
office, Duterte has called for a strong campaign against illegal drugs.
Reports said more than 7,000 people have been killed by the police and
by vigilante groups in relation to the drug war.
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