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Duterte ‘not interested’ in filing charges vs alleged ‘matrix’ plotters

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/05/08/20190508-duterte-pdp-campaign-caraga-mnib-5.jpg"/><figcaption>President Duterte doesn&#x27;t plan to charge alleged conspirators who want to overthrow his administration. Joey Dalumpines, Presidential Photo</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — President Rodrigo Duterte doesn&#x27;t plan to charge alleged conspirators who want to overthrow his administration.&quot;I&#x27;m not interested to file cases,&quot; he said late Wednesday during a campaign rally in Garcia-Hernandez town, Bohol, where his former Cabinet secretary Leoncio “Jun” Evasco Jr. is running for governor in the May 13 polls.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/08/19/palace-claims-liberal-party-magdalo-in-cahoots-to-oust-duterte">In new &#x27;matrix,&#x27; Palace claims Liberal Party, Magdalo in cahoots to oust Duterte</a></li></ul>Malacañang released Wednesday a new diagram accusing the Liberal Party and the Magdalo group of plotting to oust Duterte. It earlier released a so-called matrix alleging journalists and lawyers are involved in a destabilization plot.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/22/19/malacaang-claims-journalists-lawyers-behind-oust-duterte-plot">Malacañang claims journalists, lawyers behind ‘Oust Duterte’ plot</a></li></ul>In his nearly 2-hour speech, Duterte claimed the information, dismissed by those accused for lack of concrete evidence, came from a foreign intelligence community.&quot;Sabagay mogawas ang tinuod,&quot; he said. (The truth will come out.)Malacañang claimed there was a coordinated effort by the Liberal Party to discredit the administration and boost the candidacy of the Otso Diretso senatorial candidates.&quot;Kaning mga elitista, karon ilang Otso, naghimo&#x27;g black propaganda ug gipagawas nako... Tan-awa moduwa, hugaw kaayo,&quot; Duterte said.(The elites, the Otso [Diretso], made a black propaganda and I released it . . . They play dirty.)The LP has dismissed the claim, saying it is fabricated.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/08/19/ouster-matrix-fabricated-grade-school-say-pangilinan-lacierda">Ouster matrix &#x27;fabricated, grade school,&#x27; say Pangilinan, Lacierda</a></li></ul>The President also accused the Magdalo group of being behind the viral videos, dubbed &quot;Ang Totoong Narco-list,&quot; linking his family to the narcotics trade.&quot;Magdalo &#x27;yun, Magdalo production, si Trillanes,&quot; Duterte said.&quot;Kita ka mosulti, lingo sundalo &#x27;yan eh, sinuplado na pagka-istorya. (He speaks in military lingo . . . sounds like a snob.)Journalists tagged in the supposed ouster plot said the release of the matrix could be a basis of a crackdown against news media critical of the Duterte administration, which the Palace has denied. - with a report from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — President Rodrigo Duterte doesn't plan to charge alleged conspirators who want to overthrow his administration.

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — President Rodrigo Duterte doesn't plan to charge alleged conspirators who want to overthrow his administration.