Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday filed a bill seeking to decriminalize libel — the same day a Quezon City courtIn filing Senate Bill 1593 or the Decriminalization of Libel Act, Hontiveros wants to repeal the Articles 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 360, 361, and 362 of Act No. 3815 or the Revised Penal Code and Republic Act No. 10175 otherwise known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
“Our libel laws have been weaponized to stifle very basic fundamental rights. These laws have been used to constantly attack many of our freedoms, particularly the freedom of the press. We need to decriminalize libel if we are to truly defend press freedom,” she said. Cimatu is sentenced to a minimum imprisonment of six months and one day and a maximum imprisonment of five years, five months, and eleven days and was ordered to pay Piñol P300,000 as moral damages.
In 2014, Sen. Recto Senate filed Senate Bill 2146 seeking to decriminalize libel by repealing Articles 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 360, 361 & 362 of the Revised Penal Code, & Sec. 4 (c) 4 of RA 10175 (Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012)
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