Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) chairperson emeritus Carol Araullo has filed a civil swimsuit price over P2 million towards former anti-insurgency spokesperson Lorraine Badoy and her tv co-host over their supposed repeated red-tagging of their program.
In a 21-page grievance, Araullo stated Badoy and ex-rebel Jeffrey Celiz, violated Articles 20 and 21 of the Civil Code, in relation to Article 19 after they “baselessly, willfully, repeatedly and publicly maligned and red-tagged” her and her group inflicting damages to them.
Badoy and Celiz have repeatedly alleged that the longtime activist and medical skilled has communist hyperlinks and even accused her of being a frontrunner of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front.
In her grievance, Araullo desires Badoy and Celiz to be ordered to stop from red-tagging her and to pay for damages amounting to:
- Moral damages (P1,100,000)
- Exemplary damages (P500,000)
- Nominal damages (P500,000)
- Attorney’s charges (P100,000)
In an announcement, Araullo stated she filed the grievance to precise accountability from the defendants for his or her “false, baseless, and malicious” public statements.
She additionally stated she beforehand ignored the red-tagging remarks however the “lies repeated over and over seem to have become accepted as truth, at least by their unsuspecting followers and others who do not know me or of me”.
“My not taking any legal steps to defend myself and make these red taggers accountable has been misconstrued by some as an indication of a weak defense, if not actual guilt,” Araullo stated.
GMA Integrated News reached out to Badoy for a remark however she has but to answer.
On Facebook, Badoy slammed Araullo’s grievance as a “useless case” and challenged her to file a libel case as a substitute.
“If they’re serious about challenging the things we say about them, why not file a real case? Not this ‘useless, nuisance case’ lawyers say it is?” Badoy added.
Araullo stated her son broadcast journalist Atom Araullo had additionally turn into the goal of the “incessant red tagging/terrorist labeling”.
“I am filing these complaints on behalf of those who do not have the means, the opportunity, and support system to do so but who are experiencing red-tagging/terrorist labeling and the harassment if not actual terror, this brings. I hope to encourage more of them to come forward and file their own complaints,” Araullo stated.
“I have been told that it is about time these red taggers are made accountable. That is what I hope this lawsuit — and others to follow — will accomplish,” she added. —NB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
