United Nations experts described the court's decision to junk former Senator Leila de Lima's petition for bail as a “grave disappointment” as they again called for her immediate release.
United Nations experts described the court's decision to junk former Senator Leila de Lima's petition for bail as a “grave disappointment” as they again called for her immediate release.
“The decision to deny bail comes after more than six years of arbitrary detention. It is high time for the administration of President Marcos Jr. to close this case once and for all, provide compensation and other reparations, and investigate the circumstances that allowed this to happen in the first place,” said the UN experts in a statement. on June 7, 2023. It is the third and last remaining drug case against de Lima.
The Court said it did not find De Lima’s grounds for bail compelling and that her plea for provisional liberty on humanitarian considerations is “untenable.” De Lima's camp has already filed a motion for the court to reconsider the junking of her bail petition. Three of De Lima’s co-accused also filed a motion asking Judge Romeo Buenaventura to stop handling their case due to s
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