Lawmakers and officials express their support for the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court's approval of former Senator Leila de Lima's bail petition, marking the beginning of the end to her incarceration.
Lawmakers and other officials welcomed the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court’s approval of former Sen. Leila de Lima’s bail petition —even those who had a hand in her exclusion during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte and her incarceration. De Lima’s remaining political ally in the Senate, Sen. Risa Hontiveros, said this was “the beginning of the end to this shameful episode in our democracy.
” “Alongside countless other Filipinos, I am immensely happy for my friend and former colleague in the Senate. I know that after years of isolation, she is coming back to the loving company of her family, friends and supporters,” Hontiveros said. “Senator Leila, we are all longing for your return. We all knew this day would come.” Hontiveros also lamented De Lima’s “saddening and disgusting” incarceration of almost seven years, saying that she “was robbed of the many years that she was in jail only because of the lies of a fe
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