“There may have been a misappreciation of some facts..leading to erroneous conclusions,” his spokesperson says
(Eagle News) — President Benigno Aquino III is set to file a motion for reconsideration on the decision of the Ombudsman to file criminal charges against him, with his spokesperson saying there “may have been a misappreciation of some facts..” that led to “some erroneous conclusions.”
“(Aquino) received the order of the Ombudsman this afternoon and is currently studying it with his lawyers, with the end view of filing a motion for reconsideration,” Abigail Valte, also a lawyer by profession, said in a statement.
She said “an initial reading” however showed that there “may have been a misappreciation of some facts surrounding the incident, leading to some erroneous conclusions.”
“He will seek to clarify the same through a motion for reconsideration,” she said.