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Hontiveros liable under Anti-Wiretapping Law? Expert weighs in

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HSoZcT0Nprk?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure>MANILA - It must be proven that Sen. Risa Hontiveros had the intent to secure a photo of a text conversation between Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and a lawyer before she could be held liable for wiretapping, a constitutional law expert said Tuesday.Lawyer Jacinto Paras had filed wiretapping charges against Hontiveros for leaking a picture of his text conversation with Aguirre, where they purportedly discussed possible cases against the opposition lawmaker.The Supreme Court should first decide which devices would be covered by the 1965 Anti-Wiretapping Law, which lists tape recorders and dictaphones, lawyer Rudyard Avila told DZMM.If the picture of the text exchange is covered by the law, Avila said Paras would need to establish that Hontiveros intended to get the photo.It may be difficult for Hontiveros to say that capturing Aguirre&#x27;s text message was an accident because the image is clear, he said.Avila said that when Hontiveros zoomed in on the pictures and publicized the text exchange, this could indicate that the senator knowingly captured the image.

It must be proven that Sen. Risa Hontiveros had the intent to secure a photo of a text conversation between Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and a lawyer before she could be held liable for wiretapping, a constitutional law expert said Tuesday.

It must be proven that Sen. Risa Hontiveros had the intent to secure a photo of a text conversation between Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and a lawyer before she could be held liable for wiretapping, a constitutional law expert said Tuesday.