Presidential candidates have different plans for the opposition senator, who has been in jail for five years. PHVote WeDecide
In her detention, De Lima is not allowed to have a television, a telephone, and access to the internet. She wasn’t allowed to attend her son’s law school graduation nor visit her ailing mother. She is not allowed to remotely participate in Senate sessions, and prevented from campaigning.
“I now hereby declare and make known to the whole world that there is no truth whatsoever to any of these affidavits or House and court testimonies, or any other statement made in the media or other investigative proceedings, including the Senate and the Department of Justice, on the delivery of monies to Secretary De Lima or Ronnie Dayan in whatever amount,” Ragos said in a sworn affidavit dated April 30.
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