What is Slander or Oral Defamation?

Have you been defamed? What is the liability of the person who defames another person? In this video, Your_Lawyer discusses the crime of Slander or Oral Defamation as defined and punished under the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act 10951. The law states that: “Oral defamation shall be punished by arresto mayor in its maximum period to prisión correccional in its minimum period if it is of a serious and insulting nature; otherwise the penalty shall be arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000).” “Oral Defamation or Slander is libel committed by oral (spoken) means, instead of in writing. It is defined as “the speaking of base and defamatory words which tend to prejudice another in his reputation, office, trade, business or means of livelihood.” Oral defamation may either be simple or grave. It becomes grave when it is of a serious and insulting nature. In Ramos vs. People of the Philippines (GR 226454, Nov. 20, 2017), the Supreme Court enumerated the elements if the crime of slander: The elements of oral defamation are: (1) there must be an imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, status or circumstances; (2) made orally; (3) publicly; (4) and maliciously; (5) directed to a natural or juridical person, or one who is dead; (6) which tends to cause dishonor, discredit or contempt of the person defamed. In this video: Libel; Oral Defamation; Slander; Paninirang Puri; Parusa sa Paninira ng Kapwa; Parusa para sa Paninirang Puri; Oral Libel; Defamatory Statement.