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    Palace lashes back at critics,

    asserts judicial independence


    ABS-CBN News
    Posted at Dec 09 2018 03:50 PM

    MANILA - Malacañang on Sunday reiterated that the judiciary remains independent and that the
    administration has no hand on the decisions of the country's courts.

    Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the the Executive respects the independence of the
    other branches of the government and will never interfere in their affairs.

    "We, in the Executive Branch, are mere implementers of the Constitution and laws created by
    Congress," Panelo said in a statement.

    "Detractors and critics of the President are quick to malign the Administration thinking that it has a
    role in decisions deliberated upon and pronounced by courts of law," he added.

    Senator Antonio Trillanes IV earlier slammed the Duterte administration following the arrest warrant
    for libel issued by a Davao court against him.

    "Baliktad ang hustisya sa gobyerno ni Duterte. Ang mga mandarambong ay pinalaya na. Ang mga
    kritiko naman ay gagawan ng kaso para pilit na maikulong," the senator said.

    (Justice is upside down under the Duterte government. Plunderers are freed. Critics are slapped with
    trumped-up charges to put them in jail.)

    • Davao court orders Trillanes arrest for libel

    President Duterte's son, Paolo, has filed a libel case against Trillanes in September, a year after the
    mutineer-turned-senator accused him of corruption.

    Trillanes said he would post bail for the case on Monday. The court set bail P24,000 for each of the
    four cases of libel, bringing it the total to P96,000.

    The senator was earlier arrested after Duterte invalidated his amnesty through Proclamation 572. The
    senator has been out on bail since September.

    A Makati court earlier junked the Justice Department's plea to issue a hold departure order against
    Trillanes who will be flying abroad in December, January and February for official duties.

    "As we have said, we respect the independence of the other branches of the government and we do
    not - and we will never - interfere in their affairs," Panelo stressed.

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