Robin Padilla cries foul over 'character assassination'

Hindi nagustuhan ni Robin Padilla ang paninira at masasakit na salitang natanggap niya nang mag-post siya ng larawan ng isang balota noong araw ng halalan.

Agad man itong binura ng aktor, kumalat pa rin ito sa social media at marami ang nanghusga sa kaniyang naging aksyon, dahil ipinagbabawal umano ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang pagkuha ng larawan ng balota na mayroon nang shade.

Sa pormal na pahayag mula sa kaniyang abogado na si Atty. Rudolf Philip Jurado, ipinarating ni Robin ang kaniyang pagtanggi sa mga alegasyon ibinabato sa kaniya.

“In response to the news regarding Mr. Padilla's alleged shaded ballot supposedly taken while he was voting last 9 May 2016, Mr. Padilla desires to convey that he never violated any law or rule regarding the alleged photograph of his ballot, since it was neither an official ballot nor taken inside a voting precinct,” aniya.

 

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May 10, 2016 at 2:00am PDT

Sa kaakibat na pahayag ni Robin sa isang Instagram post, muling idiniin ni Robin na isang sample ballot ang kaniyang kinunan at wala siya sa voting precinct dahil wala siyang karapatang bumoto.

Paliwanag niya, “I am not tolerating the present assassination of my character. My honor is the only thing that I have in my life. Freedom was taken away from me since 1995. Presently, I am still in conditional pardon without any civil rights.”

“[When] 2013 came. This government took away my right to bear arms and left me defenseless against evil and political gangsters. Now 2016 elections came, me without any voting rights am being judged by some netizens for violating election rules while voting,” dagdag pa niya.

Hindi raw matanggap ni Robin ang mga paratang sa kaniya, at handa siyang patunayan ang kaniyang pagiging inosente.

Kasabay nito, nais niya rin daw maireklamo ang mga nakisali sa pambu-bully sa kaniya sa social media.

Aniya, “If I did something to this effect, I am calling the Comelec to arrest me and put me to jail if proven that I went to a precinct, voted and, took pictures of an official ballot. If proven otherwise, then the legal battle should start and make the guilty answer for their actions especially the bullying.” —ALG, GMA News