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Panelo belittles US ban on officials linked to De Lima detention @ 2019-09-30T16: Back Hot News
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DE LIMA SAID IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT LOOK INTO THE STATE OF SOCIAL WELFARE INTERVENTIONS, THE RESIDENTIAL, CENTER-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS, AND THE LONG-TERM PLAN OF GOVERNMENT FOR STREET CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHICH DEMAND REVIEW AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
DECISION OF A UNITED STATES SENATE PANEL TO AMEND A BILL THAT WOULD DENY THE ENTRY INTO THE US OF FILIPINO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE DETENTION OF DUTERTE CRITIC SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA.
BEFORE THE LATEST PROPOSAL, LEAHY AND OTHER SENATORS FILED A RESOLUTION IN APRIL EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT URGED THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE DE LIMA AND CONDEMN THE PERSECUTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND DETENTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE COUNTRY.
"I ASSUME PRESIDENT [RODRIGO] DUTERTE"S SPOKESMAN WHO DEFENDED THE WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT OF SENATOR DE LIMA DOES NOT CONSIDER OUR AID TO BE "INTERFERING" IN THEIR SOVEREIGNTY," LEAHY SAID.
— LEILA DE LIMA (@SENLEILADELIMA) SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
MANILA -- US SENATOR MARCO RUBIO HAS "NO BASIS" TO CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF OPPOSITION SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA, WHO IS DETAINED ON DRUG CHARGES, MALACANANG SAID MONDAY.
DE LIMA, A FIERCE CRITIC OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BLOODY ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN, HAS BEEN DETAINED SINCE FEBRUARY 2017 FOR ALLEGEDLY POCKETING DRUG PAYOFFS FROM CONVICTED CRIME LORDS AT THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY WHEN SHE WAS STILL JUSTICE SECRETARY. SHE DENIED WRONGDOING.
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 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.
PRESIDENT"S ORDERS. PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE ADMITS ORDERING TRANSFER OF WITNESSES IN THE TRIAL AGAINST LEILA DE LIMA TO THE MARINE BARRACKS. PHOTO FROM ALFRED FRIAS/ MALACANANG
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — SENATORS YESTERDAY DENIED PICKING ON DETAINED SEN. LEILA DE LIMA WHEN THEY DUG UP HER DRUG CASES IN THE ONGOING SENATE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE INQUIRY LAST WEEK INTO THE “GCTA FOR SALE” AND OTHER ALLEGED MONEYMAKING RACKETS AT THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (BUCOR).
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.
"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
DE LIMA"S TIME IN JAIL HAS YIELDED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT PRISONERS LIKE NELSON MANDELA, BENIGNO AQUINO, AND ANTONIO GRAMSCI DISCOVERED: TIME TO REFLECT ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE COUNTRY. IN THIS WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW, THE SENATOR SHARED HER THOUGHTS ON, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PHILIPPINES-CHINA RELATIONS, DUTERTENOMICS, GINA LOPEZ, MALACANANG AND THE GENERALS, DUTERTE"S POPULAR SUPPORT, AN ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC STRATEGY, METRO MANILA TRAFFIC, NICANOR FAELDON AND THE GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE LAW, AND WHAT"S IN STORE FOR THE OPPOSITION. THE QUESTIONS WERE SUBMITTED TO DE LIMA IN WRITING TO AVOID THE CONSTRAINTS ON HER THINKING ALOUD IN A "RECEPTION ROOM" AT CAMP CRAME.
DE LIMA LIKENED WHAT SHE CALLED A “TREACHEROUS” DEAL BETWEEN THE AFP AND MISLATEL TO THAT OF PRESIDENT DUTERTE』S MOVE TO SET ASIDE THE COUNTRY』S CLAIM OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA (WPS) AND ENTER INTO ONEROUS DEALS WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
MANILA - MALACANANG ON SATURDAY SAID IT WAS NOT BLAMING DETAINED SEN. LEILA DE LIMA AND THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE "FIASCO" CAUSED BY THE CONTROVERSIAL GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE (GCTA) LAW, WHICH WAS SIGNED BY FORMER PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO III IN 2013.
IT IS MIND-BOGGLING HOW THE SENATE HEARING HAS REDIRECTED ITS LINE OF INQUIRY AWAY FROM GCTA AND INTO THE CORRUPTION OF BUCOR OFFICIALS, WITHOUT PUTTING SENATOR DELA ROSA AND SACKED BUCOR CHIEF NICANOR FAELDON ON THE HOT SEAT, BUT CONJURING A WILD SCENARIO ABOUT DE LIMA』S ALLEGED CORRUPTION OF THE GCTA. FAELDON APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN EXCUSED AND DELA ROSA UNTOUCHED WHILE THREE OF THEIR FORMER UNDERLINGS ARE DETAINED FOR CONTEMPT, AND DE LIMA IS DENIED HER RIGHT TO FACE HER ACCUSERS.
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.
“I GUESS PARLIAMENTARY COURTESY, DELICADEZA, EVEN BASIC HUMAN DECENCY IS OUT THE WINDOW IN THE HALLS OF THE SENATE,” DE LIMA SAID.
「AM I TO BE TREATED HERE AS A RESOURCE PERSON, A RESPONDENT, OR A PROBABLE RESPONDENT? IS THIS A SET-UP FOR ME AND SEC. MAR INTO TAKING THE FALL FOR THE SANCHEZ-FAELDON SCANDAL WITH WHICH WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO?」 DE LIMA ASKED.

 

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