Lambino to reveal source of false info on Duterte TRO

Senatorial candidate Raul Lambino said on Monday, April 21, 2025, that he would reveal the source of his information on what turned out to be false, that the Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

MANILA, Philippines — Senatorial candidate Raul Lambino said on Monday that he would reveal the source of his information on what later turned out to be false, that the Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Lambino said he would disclose it once he had received the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) complaint.

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“I will put in my response the source of that information,” Lambino said in Filipino in a media forum in Quezon City.

When pressed as to where he got the information, Lambino said: “It is an information, well, it is an information that I’ve heard, as to if that information is true or not, I cannot give you a categorical answer.”

However, he later said: “We can assume that the information that reached us wasn’t true after [it] came from the Supreme Court. But at that time, when the information came to us, we believed that it was true.”

In a Facebook live on March 11, Lambino claimed that the high court has issued a TRO halting Duterte’s arrest and subsequent surrender to the International Criminal Court.

However, the high court did not issue any TRO, prompting the NBI to accuse him of “unlawful use of means of publication or unlawful utterances.”

Lambino said such a move is expected, adding that this is “one of the factors to be considered” when one is entering politics.

However, Lambino said he had not yet received the NBI complaint as he only found out about it on social media.

He also urged NBI operatives to send the complaint to his proper address.  He said authorities sent the documents to his old address in Manila, while his current address is in Mangaldan town in Pangasinan.

The high court also ordered Lambino to explain why he should not face administrative action over his claims.

READ: SC orders Raul Lambino: Explain false info on TRO vs Duterte arrest

Lambino said he will heed the high court’s order.