Medialdea files 3rd

libel rap Ys Tulfipg

EXECUTM Secretarv cles.-
Salvador Medialdea fileil It was Medialdea's sec-
his third libel complaint ond known complaint
yesterday against- Spe- against Tulfo, wh<im he
cial Envoy foi Public -Di- w-ants prosecuted for two
plomacy to China and counts^of libel under the
iournalist Ramon Tulfo, Revised Penal Code and
gver a column published- CybercrimePreveitionAct,
in The Manila Times. in connection with two arti-
Medialdea's lawyer Ae" JtrUGnea on hir;J-
Elvis Balayan confirnied umn'in the ManilaTi-;'
this in a teit message, say- broadsheet and website.
ing the libel was related io Cited as Tulfo's co-re-
Ttr]fo's luly 25 and Auzust spondents are Manila
L columnd fimes editors Dante Ang-
Malacaflang has dis- Blanca Mercado, Nerilvfr
tanced itself from thespat Tenorio, and Leena Ctuia.
between Executive Secie- Medialdea accused
tary Salvador Medialdea Tulfo of makine'unfound-
and Special Envoy for PuF ed, baseless, arld malicious
lic Diplomacy io China alleeations;' asainst hin.
Ramori Tulfo over an alleg- whiih has "sraielv iniured
edly malicious artide pu6- my reputatiSry diiritfihea
lished inTheManilaTihes. tha estbem, confidence, and
"That's between the respect of the public for me
and controlled corpora-
Executive Secretary and theand my Offic6, and in&ted tions to support the con-
journalist. That is-personal derogalory opinions about
betweenthetwo,s6wewill me dird the o1ffice I hold.,, troversial Phili
not interfere," said Presi- "The number of artides Southeast Asian Sftit:
dential Spokesman Salva- that respondent Tulfo.has Organizing Committee
dor Panelo s4id last week. written isainst me and the (Phisgoc) Foundation. The
Medialdei fited a libel m""Gffitthevwerewril- Phisgoc was rocked by
complaint against Tulfo in ten undeniabV show that comrption allegations btit
june over Tirlfo's May 28, respondent Ttfuo is intent remains'the overseer of the
20L9 column in The Manila on^damaeins mv reDuta: country's hosting of the
Times where President Rc. tion," frlEaiEtae'a,s tom- 201,9 Southeast" Asian
en- plaint read.
drigo Duterte's special Games.
voy to China Cited un- - The first artfcle. titled "f have never acted with-
named sources saying the "There goesrtavetano as out the knowledge and con-
so-called Little Piesident House Sfeaker, dlso Medi- sent of the President," Me-
and Philippine- Charity aldea," ivas published on dialdea said in- his com-
plaint. He added that Tulfo
Sweepstakes- Office boarit Iulv 20. It adcused Medi- could have easily verified
director Sandra Cam were aldea of issuins a memo- this, "irt the spirit of fair-
in an "unholy alliance." randum circul|r "a11Dar- ness and resp6nsible /pro-
The Execu-tive Secretary entlv, without the Fiesi-
filed more libel charges last deni's knowledge,,' order- fessional iouinalism,"' but
week against Tulfolor al- , ins all goverrutent asen- stressed tliat the envoy nev-
legedly defamatory arti- ci*andfovemmentovined er did.Efren Moniano,
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