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Valenzuela City Mayor WES Gatchalian and Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) Officer-in-Charge PCOL Salvador Destura Jr. held a press conference regarding
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, July 14 filed a cyberlibel complaint against former Department of Energy (DOE) secretary Alfonso Cusi at the Valenzuela City Prosecutor’s Office.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Gatchalian’s complaint was b
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (File photo) MANILA - Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday said he filed cyberlibel complaint against former Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary and Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) president Alfonso Cusi before the Valenzuela City Prosecutor's Office. Gatchalian said Cusi's official statement posted on the DOE website on Feb. 4, 2022 casts malice on his reputation and integrity including the Senate committee on energy which he chaired in the 18th Congress. "Cusi's statement is clearly defamatory and obviously intended to cause dishonor, discredit, or contempt not merely of my position as a Senator of the Republic but more importantly of my integrity as a public servant," Gatchalian said in a statement. Gatchalian's committee was then discussing issues surrounding the transfer of the 45 percent participating interest of Chevron Philippines in the Malampaya gas project. Cusi, in his posted statement, said it