Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra may have been airing his views on the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the previous government’s war on drugs in a recent TV interview, but his underlying premise – that the court’s probe may be targeting the Philippines – is false.
Duterte’s directive will remain in effect until his presidency ends on June 30, 2022.
“Iyong PhilHealth ang dapat imbestigahan at dapat i-prosecute lahat at dapat ikulong. Kung iyan na lang ang trabaho ko sa maiwan ko sa dalawang taon, iyan na rin ang gagawin ko,” Duterte said in a taped public address aired Tuesday morning.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said in a statement that he is “asking the NBI to establish a system of monitoring the spread of false or malicious information in social media, establishing the source, determining if there’s a pattern, habit, or scheme, and taking the appropriate steps to preserve evidence of wrongful behavior for possible prosecution in the future.”