Detained former senator Leila de Lima has filed a motion for reconsideration to allow former Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos to testify again on the drug case filed against her.
In an omnibus comment filed with the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court on Tuesday, De Lima said “the prosecutors should welcome more information in the interest of justice.”his statement against the detained former senator, saying that he was threatened by then-Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre into making false allegations against her.
“The prosecutors also want the Honorable Court to simply adopt their conclusion that the testimony is a ‘recantation’ that amounts to ‘perjury.’ Such is highly improper because the appreciation of the testimony and its probative value is wholly up to the Honorable Court. A determination if the claims are indeed a recantation or are perjurious would only be possible after the witness is recalled and the court is allowed to weigh the statements accordingly,” she added.
She also cited DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla saying that “[B]ased on records, Rafael Ragos, a defense witness, has not been presented before the Muntinlupa Court. Hence, the Department will rely on the Court’s sound discretion on the appreciation of the alleged evidence.” “As such, the Prosecution definitely has no reason to deny the presentation of the testimony of recantation, unless for them, all that Prosecution means is an obsession for victory, regardless of whether the persons they convict and send to prison are indeed guilty or not,” she further said.yet to affirm the recantation
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