President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday the cases the Ombudsman had recommended against his predecessor, Benigno Aquino 3rd, over the latter’s alleged liability in the 2015 bungled Mamasapano operation will not flourish.

In Malacañang, the President described the charges of graft and usurpation of authority against Aquino as “silly” and bound to fail.

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