Practice question
Under Arquiza’s privilege analysis for a nominee-cancellation petition, must the allegedly defamatory statement be pertinent to the proceeding?
- Yes; relevancy is an express part of the test
- No; wholly unrelated attacks are automatically covered
- Only the statement’s length matters
- Only the writer’s popularity matters
- No legal connection is considered
Legal references
- Arquiza v. People, GR261627, November 13, 2024, main opinion: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/69726 Rule5 procedural safeguards and four-fold privilege test.
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