SUPPORTERS of President Rodrigo Duterte will file several criminal charges against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for making what they described as unfounded allegations against the Chief Executive. “The Oct. 3 privilege speech against the President and the government is not protected speech under the Speech or Debate Clause,” Luna said. In his privilege speech, Trillanes accused Duterte of having had bank accounts with transactions amounting to over P2 billion from September 2006 to December 2015. In his speech during the Tindig Pilipinas launching, Trillanes announced several details of the supposed bank deposits of the President. Trillanes also said that, in another bank account, there were at least 20 deposits of P40 million to P50 million each.

Source: The Standard November 15, 2017 19:30 UTC