ICYMI: Senator Leila de Lima vowed to continue fighting despite being detained, uttering the words “laban lang” during the hearing of one drug-related case against her.
“According to Atty. Rolly Francis Peoro, Senator De Lima’s legal counsel, the Court had to reset the hearing after the New Bilibid Prison stated that they could not physically present their inmate, convicted murderer Joel Capones, because of what they claimed as ‘high-risk security concerns,’” they added.
De Lima’s camp wanted the witness to be presented before the court instead of just submitting a sworn affidavit, so that they could observe the witness give his side. “De Lima’s panel insisted that as part of the Senator’s Constitutional rights, it is critical that they be able to observe the demeanor of the witness to assess the truthfulness of his testimony and avoid miscarriage of justice,” the senator’s office said.
Administration officials including no less than President Rodrigo Duterte himself claimed that de Lima allowed illegal drugs to proliferate while sitting as justice secretary, who is in charge of the Bureau of Corrections and the NBP. The senator however claimed it was just a case of political vendetta, because she led investigations on Duterte’s drug war in the Senate, and probes on human rights violations when the President was still Davao City mayor.
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