Impaganetget ni Atty. Jeremy Lotoc, NBI regional director ti Bangsamoro Autonomous Region a niliputan ni Vice President Sara Duterte ti panagtalek ti publiko idi pinangtaanna ti biag ni President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, ken sigud a House Martin Romualdez.
Dakdakamaten ni Atty. Lotoc ti insawang ni VP Sara iti online press conference daytoy idi November 2024.
“Huwag kang mag-alala, Ma’am, sa security ko, kasi may kinausap na ako na tao. Sabi ko sa kanya, kapag pinatay ako, patayin mo si BBM, si Liza Araneta, at si Martin Romualdez.”
“No joke, no joke. Nagbilin na ako, Ma’am. ‘Pag mamatay ako, sabi ko, huwag ka tumigil hanggang hindi mo mapatay sila. And he said yes.” – VP Sara, online press conference
Mainaig iti dayta,, pinasingkedan ni Atty. Lotoc a dagiti sasao ti bise presidente ket maibilang a betrayal of public trust.
Kabayatanna, saan nga umanamong ni Lotoc iti immun-una a rason ti Bise Presidente a dagiti statementsna ket protektado babaen ti “constitutional right to freedom of speech” agsipudta, napeggad dagiti sasao ni Duterte ken saan a kualipikado kas protected speech.
“If the second highest official of the land openly declared in public that she had already contracted someone to kill the President, the First Lady, and the former Speaker, and that she instructed that person to be relentless in carrying out the killings, we fail to see how those utterances are protected by freedom of speech,” sigun kenni Atty. Lotoc
Sinnaludsud metlaeng ni Lotoc no rumbeng kadi a mapalubusan nga agbalin a pagalagadan ti argumento ti bise presidente.
“Should we allow that kind of argument to become the norm in society? What would prevent anyone else from doing the same? Imagine the chaos and anarchy,” innayon ni Atty. Lotoc.
