Tito Sotto Calls Out President Duterte Over Unfair Treatment to SUV Driver
Outgoing Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III calls out president Rodrigo Duterte due to the unfair treatment of the SUV driver who hit a security guard.
The Senate President couldn’t help but express his displeasure with the police’s treatment of hit-and-run suspect Jose Antonio Sanvicente today. Sanvicente surrendered himself in to the authorities on June 15.
A news conference is held by the suspect, his parents, and their lawyer to share their perspectives on the hit-and-run incident. Despite the fact that the 34-year-old suspect apologized for colliding with a security guard, he was not arrested.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) further admitted that the SUV driver could only be apprehended if a warrant of arrest was obtained by the high court. As a result, Sotto had had enough and sent a message to President Rodrigo Duterte, claiming that the Philippines’ legal system had become unequal.
He also retweeted journalist Karen Davila’s tweet, in which he voiced his dissatisfaction with the PNP for only sending Sanvicente home after he confessed to his crime. He contrasts the authorities’ treatment of the SUV driver with the old man who was detained right away for stealing mangoes from a neighbor.
“Kapag mahirap nagnakaw ng bayabas kulong agad! What’s happening to our country Mr President?” said Sotto in his tweet.
Sotto also mentioned the Anti Drunk and Drugged Driving Law, which forces hit-and-run suspects such as Sanvicente to take a drug test. Authorities detained an 80-year-old grandpa in Pangasinan in January for allegedly stealing mangoes from his neighbor. Many people also connected it to Sanvicente’s case today.
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