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DECRIMINALIZATION OF LIBEL
Posted: May 31st, 2008 @ 4:47am
Libel cases, or the threat of filing thereof, continues to be used by some parties to harass journalists and other media practitioners. With the threat of imprisonment attached to libel prosecution, most media practitioners find themselves faced with numerous harassment suits that more often than not prevent them from doing their job of reporting or exposing the truth. This Representation, therefore, seeks to initiate a dialogue between the concerned groups on the possibility of decriminalizing libel – that is, to remove the penalty of imprisonment, and in lieu thereof, to just maintain or increase the pecuniary penalty. In the interim, however, a bill proposing for the decriminalization of libel has been filed by this Representation in the Senate to address the spate of harassment suits recently experienced by the Philippine press.
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