REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )

PROVINCE OF RIZAL ) ss.

CITY OF CAINTA )

AFFIDAVIT OF RETRACTION

I, ARA ACUSADOR, seven years old and a resident of Zone 5, Brgy.

Libertad (Poblacion), Surallah, South Cotabato, after being sworn in
accordance with law, depose and say:

1. My father is PEDRO ACUSADOR whom I call Papa Nonoy and my mother

is MADONNA ACUSADOR whom I call Mama Nene.

2. Before I was brought to the DSWD office and police station in

Surallah, South Cotabato, my aunts Ma. Teresa Lopez Cruz whom I call
Mommy Teray and Mercy Lopez whom I call Mommy Mercy and my grandfather
Paterno Lopez, Sr. whom I call Lolo Nonoy taught me what to tell at the
DSWD and at the police station. They told me that I should tell that Tito
Big (BENJIE LOPEZ) and Kuya Don-Don (LEOPOLDO LOPEZ III) wronged me. The
truth, however, is that they did nothing bad to me.

3. I am executing this affidavit with the assistance of my Papa

Nonoy and my Mama Nene which was translated to me in a dialect I speak
and understood in order to attest to the truth that Tito Big and Kuya
Don-Don never did anything wrong to me.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me in Koronadal City, this 24 th day

July, 2015.

ARA ACUSADOR
Affiant

ASSISTED BY:

PEDRO ACUSADOR MADONNA ACUSADOR

Father Mother

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me in Koronadal City, South

Cotabato, this 24th day of July, 2015 by affiant ARA ACUSADOR who was
duly assisted by her parents as indicated by their signatures above and I
also hereby certify that I have personally examined the affiant and that
I am satisfied that she has understood and voluntarily executed her
foregoing affidavit of retraction.