The judge said his decisions in the case are “vulnerable to charges of bias and partiality”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MANILA - The lawyers for jailed Philippine human rights activist Leila de Lima vowed to win her freedom afterDe Lima, one of the most outspoken critics of former president Rodrigo Deterte and his deadly anti-drug war,Mr Romeo Buenaventura, the judge in the trial over the remaining charge, stepped down on Friday.
The case will now be assigned to a new court that de Lima’s lawyers said will hopefully grant bail, which Mr Buenaventura had denied on June 7. Mr Buenaventura faced calls from de Lima and other defendants to recuse himself on the grounds that he had failed to disclose that his brother had served as a lawyer for a prosecution witness who had since recanted his testimony.De Lima, 63, is accused of taking money from inmates inside the largest prison in the Philippines to allow them to sell drugs while she was the justice minister from 2010 to 2015.
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