Former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo on Wednesday said the defense of former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque that he is politically persecuted will not stand as there are harsher critics of the Marcos administration who are not facing charges.
Roque previously claimed that he is a victim of political persecution as he is an ally of the Duterte family. He is currently seeking asylum in The Netherlands.
“If his basis for saying that he is politically persecuted is because he is a critic of the administration, then this claim of political persecution will not lie for the reason there are other harsher critics of the administration who are not being persecuted…