The Taguig City Prosecutor’s Office dismisses Vice President Sara Duterte’s perjury complaint against alleged former aide Ramil Madriaga. The complaint is dismissed through a decision issued by prosecutors, based on an assessment that the case does not meet the threshold needed to proceed.
According to reports, prosecutors cite “insufficiency of evidence” and state that the records do not establish a prima facie case—meaning there is not enough evidence, with reasonable certainty, to show Madriaga knowingly and willfully made materially false statements under oath, which would violate Article 183 of the Revised Penal Code.
Both outlets describe the dismissal as a prosecutorial ruling rather than a court verdict, and they reference the decision’s reasoning for why the evidence presented is not enough to support the perjury charges. Coverage focuses on the justification for junking the complaint, rather than on the underlying allegations themselves, with both accounts aligning on the outcome and the evidentiary ground cited by prosecutors.
