Sen. Leila de Lima. (FILE PHOTO)
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Leila de Lima vowed to proceed combating regardless of being detained, uttering the phrases “laban lang” (battle on) through the listening to of 1 drug-related case in opposition to her on Monday.
In line with de Lima’s communication workforce, De Lima bodily attended the listening to of the case on the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Courtroom (RTC) Brach 256 — which was reset by the courtroom as a result of the prosecution didn’t current their witness.
De Lima’s lawyer Rolly Francis Peoro stated that witness Joel Capones was not capable of attend the listening to due to “excessive threat safety considerations.”
“These have been the phrases expressed by re-electionist Senator Leila M. de Lima when she attended the resumption of listening to of one of many two remaining trumped-up unlawful drug fees in opposition to her earlier at present (April 25) on the Muntinlupa [RTC], Department 256,” de Lima’s workplace stated in an announcement.
“In line with Atty. Rolly Francis Peoro, Senator De Lima’s authorized counsel, the Courtroom needed to reset the listening to after the New Bilibid Jail (NBP) acknowledged that they may not bodily current their inmate, convicted assassin Joel Capones, due to what they claimed as ‘high-risk safety considerations,’” they added.
De Lima’s camp needed the witness to be offered earlier than the courtroom as a substitute of simply submitting a sworn affidavit, in order that they may observe the witness give his aspect.
“De Lima’s panel insisted that as a part of the Senator’s Constitutional rights, it’s vital that they be capable of observe the demeanor of the witness to evaluate the truthfulness of his testimony and keep away from miscarriage of justice,” the senator’s workplace stated.
“The subsequent listening to can be on Could 30,” they added.
De Lima, who’s searching for reelection within the 2022 basic elections, has been detained on the Philippine Nationwide Police (PNP) Custodial Middle in Camp Crame, Quezon Metropolis after she was arrested in 2017 on accusations that she benefitted from the drug commerce contained in the New Bilibid Jail (NBP)
Administration officers together with at least President Rodrigo Duterte himself claimed that de Lima allowed unlawful medicine to proliferate whereas sitting as justice secretary, who’s in control of the Bureau of Corrections and the NBP.
The senator nonetheless claimed it was only a case of political vendetta, as a result of she led investigations on Duterte’s drug conflict within the Senate, and probes on human rights violations when the President was nonetheless Davao Metropolis mayor.
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