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Keyword:De Lima
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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.
MS. DE LIMA HAS BEEN DETAINED SINCE FEBRUARY 2017 AFTER SHE WAS INDICTED FOR ALLOWING THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE INSIDE THE NATIONAL JAIL IN MUNTINLUPA CITY WHILE SERVING AS JUSTICE SECRETARY.
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.
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.
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.
IN A RESOLUTION, SENS. RUBIO, EDWARD MARKEY OF MASSACHUSETTS, RICHARD DURBIN OF ILLINOIS, MARSHA BLACKBURN OF TENNESSEE, AND CHRISTOPHER COONS OF DELAWARE DESCRIBED DE LIMA AS "A PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE" WHO WAS "DETAINED SOLELY ON ACCOUNT OF HER POLITICAL VIEWS AND THE LEGITIMATE EXERCISE OF HER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION."
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
"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
— LEILA DE LIMA (@SENLEILADELIMA) SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
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.
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"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.
ACCORDING TO DE LIMA, THE AFP』S DEAL WITH MISLATEL WAS TANTAMOUNT TO TREACHERY 「IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE』S SETTING ASIDE OUR CLAIM OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND HIS ENTERING 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.
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.
「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.
“I GUESS PARLIAMENTARY COURTESY, DELICADEZA, EVEN BASIC HUMAN DECENCY IS OUT THE WINDOW IN THE HALLS OF THE SENATE,” DE LIMA SAID.
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.
DE LIMA, A KNOWN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, LAMENTED THAT PUBLIC PARADING OF CRIME SUSPECTS HAS BECOME A COMMON PRACTICE AMONG SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DE LIMA ISSUED THE STATEMENT AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) AND DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG) RECENTLY RELEASED THE REVISED IRR FOR THE GCTA LAW FOLLOWING THE BOTCHED RELEASE OF THE 11,000 CONVICTED INMATES, INCLUDING RAPE-SLAY CONVICT FORMER CALAUAN (LAGUNA) MAYOR ANTONIO SANCHEZ.

 

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