Panelo: Gov’t welcomes constructive dissent
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 11:03:40 +0000
PANELO
The government welcomes “constructive dissent” but will enforce the law and prosecute lawbreakers, Malacañang said following the release of a broader matrix on the alleged conspiracy to discredit President Duterte.
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo assured that due process will be given as the Department of Justice has been left to look into the possible charges against those involved in the anti-Duterte plot.
“In a democracy, constructive dissent makes it vibrant and this Administration welcomes its exercise,” Panelo said.
“When it however crosses the line of acts falling as crimes under the Revised Penal Code, then the dissenters become transgressors of law and the constituted authorities are duty bound to enforce the law and cause their prosecution,” he added.
Panelo said they would leave to the justice department “the task of prosecuting the people who appear to have violated the law.” He assured that the parties involved will be “given their day in court.” (Genalyn Kabiling)