“It is not just a legal victory and vindication for me but a very important lesson on responsible and accountable journalism,” Piñol said.
“Agri Sec got rich by 21 M in 6 months. Bird Flu pa more,” Cimatu,. an editor at Baguio Chronicle and a stringer of Rappler, posted, prompting Piñol to file a cyber libel case against him.Piñol, who ran but lost in the recent senatorial elections, said the P21 million increase in his assets was declared in his tax returns, which was among the five-year financial records he was required to submit prior to his confirmation by the Commission on Appointment as agriculture secretary.
Various media groups and fellow journalists came to the defense of Cimatu, who was sentenced to a minimum jail term of six months and one day to a maximum of five years, five months and 11 days.QC court finds Baguio-based journalist Frank Cimatu guilty of cyber libel A powerful politician such as Piñol crying foul over a Facebook post of a community journalist is ironic in a supposed democratic country, the NUJP added.
In a separate Facebook post, Piñol said that press freedom does not give journalists license to slander, dishonor and destroy people.Human Rights Watch expressed grave concern over Cimatu’s conviction.
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