Sara to DOJ: Junk inciting to sedition, grave threats raps

Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to junk the inciting to sedition and grave threats complaints filed against her by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), in connection with her alleged assassination threat against President Marcos and some of his family members.

- By DAPHNE GALVEZ

Duterte personally attended the preliminary investigation on the complaints at the DOJ yesterday to file her counter-affidavit, which asked the panel of prosecutors to dismiss the complaints against her.

In a portion of her counter-affidavit, Duterte denied the charges against her, calling the allegations "false" and "baseless" and arguing that there was no supporting evidence.

"Being accused of a criminal offense, I am constitutionally presumed innocent even in these proceedings, and need not dignify the complaint with a reply, when no evidence has been shown to support it," the counter-affidavit read.

"Nevertheless, I welcome this opportunity to set the facts straight and to correct Complainants' false allegations, clear my name of their baseless charges and spare our government and our people the corresponding waste of limited time, effort and resources being caused thereby," it added.

Her legal counsel Paul Lim said her attendance at the preliminary investigation just shows she made good on her word that she will answer the allegations in the proper venue.