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MANILA, PHLIPPINES — THE CAMP OF DETAINED SEN. LEILA DE LIMA HAS ASKED A MUNTINLUPA CITY COURT NOT TO ALLOW DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PROSECUTORS TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN THE ONGOING TWO-YEAR-OLD DRUG CASE AGAINST HER.
DE LIMA"S DRUG CASE HEARING DEFERRED DUE TO LAWYER"S NO-SHOW
LOOK: SEN LEILA DE LIMA'S REPLY TO OMBUDSMAN SAMUEL MARTIRES ON THE LETTER TO EXPLAIN WHY THE GCTA LAW IRR DURING HER TIME DID NOT EXCLUDE HEINOUS CRIMES CONVICTS. DE LIMA TELLS MARTIRES: DON'T ASK ME, ASK DOJ. @RAPPLERDOTCOM PIC.TWITTER.COM/HBZUJ8ICUH
DE LIMA REITERATED THAT BUCOR NEEDED A REAL LEADER WHO CAN FIGHT OFF CORRUPTION THAT IS DESTROYING THE BUREAU, AND NOT A KILLER WHO KNOWS NOTHING BUT VIOLENCE.
OPPOSITION SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA ON TUESDAY QUESTIONED CONGRESS』 LACK OF SCRUTINY ON THE PROPOSED P4.5-BILLION 『CONFIDENTIAL, INTELLIGENCE, AND EXTRAORDINARY』 FUNDS UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT』S (OP) PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2020.
MARTIRES IN A SEPTEMBER 6 LETTER GAVE DE LIMA THREE DAYS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN EXPLANATION OR CLARIFICATION ON THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR) OF REPUBLIC ACT 10592, AN AMENDMENT TO THE REVISED PENAL CODE THAT EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT COULD BE DEDUCTED FROM AN INMATES" JAIL TIME BASED ON GOOD BEHAVIOR. MARTIRES ASKED WHY THE IRR CRAFTED WHEN DE LIMA WAS JUSTICE SECRETARY DID NOT EXEMPT HEINOUS CRIME CONVICTS FROM BENEFITING FROM A SHORTER JAIL TIME AS STATED BY THE LAW.
DE LIMA EARLIER TOLD RAPPLER THAT HEINOUS CRIMES SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED AS IT WOULD DEFEAT THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE LAW. INSTEAD, DE LIMA SAID THERE SHOULD BE CRIMINAL OFFENSES DISQUALIFIED FROM GCTA.
DE LIMA: AS HEAD OF ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS TASKED WITH PREPARING THE IMPLEMENTING RULES, MY JOB WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE INTENT OF THE LAW IS CARRIED OUT AND THAT WE DO NOT GO BEYOND THE LETTER OF THE LAW. THE LAW DOES NOT EXCLUDE PER SE THOSE CONVICTED OF HEINOUS CRIMES FROM QUALIFYING FOR GCTA. FOR THE IRR TO INTRODUCE SUCH AN EXCLUSION WOULD BE ULTRA VIRES. AN IRR CANNOT CHANGE THE LAW. THE REVISED PENAL CODE ITSELF, BEFORE THE ENACTMENT OF RA NO. 10592, DID NOT EXCLUDE THOSE CONVICTED OF HEINOUS CRIMES FROM ENTITLEMENT TO GCTA; NEITHER DID THE AMENDED PROVISIONS AFTERWARDS.
HOWEVER, IN FEBRUARY 2017, DE LIMA WAS ARRESTED AND LOCKED UP AFTER BEING ACCUSED BY SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE PRISONERS OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE DRUG TRADE AT NBP. DE LIMA MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE.
IN HER LATEST HANDWRITTEN DISPATCH, DE LIMA WONDERED WHY THE PRESIDENT NEEDED A HUGE AMOUNT FOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING, WHICH WAS NEARLY DOUBLE THE COMBINED BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE NEXT YEAR FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.
“I GUESS PARLIAMENTARY COURTESY, DELICADEZA, EVEN BASIC HUMAN DECENCY IS OUT THE WINDOW IN THE HALLS OF THE SENATE,” DE LIMA SAID.
BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (BUCOR)CHIEF GERALD BANTAGMALACANANGPRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON SALVADOR PANELOSENATOR LEILA DE LIMA ON TUESDAY CALLLED ON MALACANANG TO 「IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS」 THE SUPPOSED DEFECTS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE』S OPLAN DOUBLE BARREL
「THE LETTER SAYS THAT THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN HAS 『OPENED A FACT-FINDING INVESTIGATION ON ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF』 THE GCTA LAW. AM I TO BE TREATED HERE AS A RESOURCE PERSON, A RESPONDENT, OR A PROBABLE RESPONDENT?」 DE LIMA ASKED.
“WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SENATOR DE LIMA SERVED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS ITS HEAD FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS. THERE IS NO DENYING THAT THE DETAINED SENATOR HAS ACCUMULATED SYMPATHIZERS OR HENCHMEN DURING HER TENURE THEREIN WHO MAY DERAIL THE UNMASKING OF THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN THE NEW BILIBID PRISON,” HE SAID.
"MORE THAN A CASE OF SPECIAL TREATMENT, ONE CAN"T HELP WONDER IF THIS IS PART OF THE REWARD THE CONVICTS ARE RECEIVING FOR WEAVING STORIES AND TESTIFYING AGAINST SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA," HE ADDED. – RAPPLER.COM
「WE WELCOME THE RULING ON THIS CASE AS IT GIVES JUSTICE TO THE THREE FILIPINO GIRLS WHO, AT THEIR VERY YOUNG AGE, WERE UNDENIABLY EXPLOITED. HE IS NOW MORE LIKELY TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN JAIL,」 SAID DE LIMA, WHO CHAIRS THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAID IN A STATEMENT FROM DETENTION.
DE LIMA GOT A TWO-DAY FURLOUGH FROM DETENTION FROM AUGUST 14 TO 15 TO VISIT HER AILING MOTHER, NORMA DE LIMA, AT A HOSPITAL IN IRIGA CITY, CAMARINES SUR.
ASIDE FROM INCITING TO SEDITION, POLICE IN JULY ALSO FILED CYBERLIBEL, LIBEL, ESTAFA, HARBORING A CRIMINAL AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AGAINST MS. DE LIMA, VICE PRESIDENT MARIA LEONOR G. ROBREDO AND MORE THAN 30 OTHERS WHOM IT ACCUSED OF CIRCULATING A VIDEO ABOUT THE PRESIDENT』S ALLEGED DRUG LINKS.
IN LATE JULY, SENATE MINORITY LEADER FRANKLIN DRILON AND SENATOR PANFILO LACSON FILED SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 51 TO ALLOW THE PARTICIPATION OF DE LIMA IN PLENARY DEBATES AND COMMITTEE HEARINGS VIA TELECONFERENCING, VIDEO CONFERENCING, AND SIMILAR METHODS.
WHEN SHE WAS JUSTICE SECRETARY DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF BENIGNO 『』NOYNOY』』 AQUINO III, DE LIMA LED A SERIES OF RAID INSIDE NBP WHERE SHE DISCOVERED AND ENDED THE LUXURIOUS LIFESTYLES OF HIGH-PROFILE CONVICTED INMATES WHO LATER ON TURNED WITNESSES AGAINST HER IN THE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ILLEGAL DRUG TRADING CHARGES SHE IS NOW FACING.
DETAINED OPPOSITION SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA SAID ON THURSDAY THAT ANOMALIES AND CORRUPTION ARE THE REAL CAUSE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE (GCTA) LAW, NOT THE LAW ITSELF NEITHER IT』S IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR).
WHY? LET ME HAZARD A GUESS, READER. IT MAY BE PURE COINCIDENCE. BUT GORDON, LACSON AND TOLENTINO, IF YOU RECALL, MAY HAVE AXES TO GRIND AGAINST DE LIMA. GORDON, BECAUSE DE LIMA INSISTED ON BRINGING MATOBATO AND LASCANAS (DAVAO DEATH SQUAD) TO THE SENATE HEARINGS, WHOSE TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT HAD TO BE STOPPED. LACSON, BECAUSE DE LIMA AS JUSTICE SECRETARY ORDERED HIS ARREST FOR THE KURATONG BALELENG CASE. TOLENTINO, WITH 1.3 MILLION VOTES BEHIND DE LIMA IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS, ACCUSED HER OF CHEATING.

 

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