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A 'Frame-Up': The Philippines' Biggest Corruption Case Just Got Complicated

A 'Frame-Up': The Philippines' Biggest Corruption Case Just Got Complicated

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On Assignment With Me

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I'm Natashya Gutierrez, an award-winning journalist and on this limited series podcast, I take you...

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Former House Speaker and the president's cousin Martin Romualdez
has responded to the allegations against him - and we break it
all down in this episode.

A falsified affidavit. Three recanted witnesses. A claim that the
whole case was scripted as a blackmail scheme.

I summarize the 116-page Counter Affidavit Romualdez filed this
month, responding to the corruption complaint we broke down last
episode, and it goes after nearly every piece of evidence in it.

On this assignment, I walk through his defense point by point: he
had no personal control over the flood control budget; a key
witness affidavit was ruled falsified; security aides who
described cash deliveries have now recanted; and why he's asking
the Ombudsman to dismiss the case entirely, arguing that
continuing to prosecute him would itself violate his
constitutional rights.

️ A note before you listen: this is one side's sworn response to
the allegations. It doesn't settle the case, and the Ombudsman
still has to weigh both filings before deciding whether to move
forward.

Follow along as this case develops. Subscribe wherever you get
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