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Duterte spokesman critical of US senator"s comments on senator detention @ 2019-09-30T12: Back Hot News
Keyword:De Lima
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES — VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBREDO YESTERDAY WELCOMED THE APPROVAL OF A US SENATE PANEL OF AN AMENDMENT SEEKING TO BAN ENTRY OF PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE DETENTION OF SEN. LEILA DE LIMA.
A STAUNCH CRITIC OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE"S ANTI-DRUG WAR, DE LIMA HAS BEEN DETAINED SINCE 2017 FOR ALLEGEDLY ABETTING ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY DURING HER TERM AS JUSTICE SECRETARY UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. SHE HAS MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE AND ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF FABRICATING THE CASES AGAINST HER.
GORDON ISSUED THE CHALLENGE TO US SEN. PATRICK LEAHY OF VERMONT WHO DEMANDED THAT THE PHILIPPINES, BEING A RECIPIENT OF US AID, SHOULD FREE DE LIMA ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS.
“SOMEONE ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY, ‘DOESN’T ALL OF THIS MAKE YOU DESPAIR?’ MY ANSWER WAS A CLEAR AND RESOUNDING, ‘NO.’ I AM HOPEFUL AND I AM HOPEFUL BECAUSE OF YOU. THIS IS NOT A CLIMATE TALK SUMMIT. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH TALK. YOUNG PEOPLE, ABOVE ALL, ARE HERE PROVIDING SOLUTIONS, INSISTING ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEMANDING URGENT ACTION. THEY ARE RIGHT. MY GENERATION HAS FAILED IN ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR PLANET. THAT MUST CHANGE,” GUTERRES SAID AT A CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT ON MONDAY.
WARNER HAS SHOWN JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR TECH GIANTS TO ENGAGE WITH CONGRESS. AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, HE WAS ONE OF THE PANEL LEADERS WHO LEFT AN EMPTY CHAIR FOR GOOGLE AT A WITNESS TABLE LAST SEPTEMBER, TO PROTEST THE COMPANY NOT SENDING A CEO-LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE TO A HEARING ON RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERENCE.
TOM BURT, MICROSOFT』S VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOMER SECURITY AND TRUST, WILL DISCUSS THE FEDERAL ELECTION MACHINE CERTIFICATION PROCESS. IT 「HAS SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS THAT CAN STIFLE THE INTRODUCTION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTO THIS MARKET, BUT ALSO HINDERS BASIC SECURITY HYGIENE,」 READ HIS PREPARED REMARKS. 「MOST SYSTEMS IN USE WERE THUS CERTIFIED TO A 2005 STANDARD. IN THE WORLD OF CYBERSECURITY, THIS IS ANCIENT TIMES.」 ALTHOUGH THE HOUSE HAS PASSED ELECTION SECURITY LEGISLATION, INCLUDING A DEMOCRATIC ELECTION AND ETHICS PACKAGE (H.R. 1), SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY.) HAS RESISTED BRINGING MOST ELECTION SECURITY MEASURES TO THE FLOOR.
HOUSE VOTE: THE POWER TO IMPEACH RESTS WITH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER ARTICLE I, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 5. THERE IS NO DEFINED PROCEDURE FOR IMPEACHMENT AND IT REQUIRES ONLY A MAJORITY VOTE BY THE HOUSE. ANY ACTION PRECEDING AN IMPEACHMENT VOTE, SUCH AS INVESTIGATORY HEARINGS, IS UP TO THE HOUSE TO DEFINE AND PURSUE. IN RECENT TIMES, THAT RESPONSIBILITY HAS FALLEN TO THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AFTER THE HOUSE PASSED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PANEL TO BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION.
THE BRAZILIAN SENATE"S CONSTITUTIONAL AND JUDICIARY AFFAIRSCOMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO CONFIRM PRESIDENT BOLSONARO"S PICK FORTOP PROSECUTOR PGR, AUGUSTO ARAS.
「AFTER LAUNCHING WITH A BREAKFAST SATURDAY IN EAST BOSTON, WHERE THE KENNEDY FAMILY TRACES BACK TO A NEIGHBORHOOD POPULATED BY IRISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE MID- TO LATE-1800S, HE』LL EMBARK ON A THREE-DAY STATEWIDE TOUR THAT BEGINS SATURDAY. THE ROUGHLY 15-STOP TRIP IS LARGELY FOCUSED ON IMMIGRATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE OPIOID CRISIS. HE』LL MEET WITH LGBTQ ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN WORCESTER, AND TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND UNION JOBS IN NEW BEDFORD. IN BOSTON, HE』LL TOUR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

 

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