De Lima confronts Duterte over drug lord tag: 'absolutely false'

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Former senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday called out former President Rodrigo Duterte for allegedly painting her as the "mother of all drug lords," saying he just used her as a scapegoat for the illegal drug menace."That is absolutely false. That is fictitious. They filed cases against me, consummation in illegal drug trade, amended it to conspiracy to , absuwelto na po ako sa tatlo.

"De Lima said her accusers, which included convicts and former government officials, have all ultimately retracted their allegations against her."Binawi nila lahat .

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