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LEAHY WAS RESPONDING TO PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE"S DECISION TO GET BACK AT HIM AND US SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN AFTER THEY PUSHED FOR A US ENTRY BAN ON PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE DETENTION OF SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA.
IN AN E-MAILED STATEMENT TO SENATE REPORTERS,DE LIMA DEPLORED PANELO』S REMARKS ON THE US TRAVEL BAN. 「PANELO SAYS HE HOPESTHE US SECRETARY OF STATE IS MORE PROPERLY INFORMED THAN THE US SENATORS WHOINTRODUCED THE AMENDMENT ON THE US TRAVEL BAN, AN AMENDMENT THAT WASUNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL AND PASSED BY THE WHOLE US CONGRESS,』」DE LIMA SAID.
THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT RETALIATES FOR THE US' MOVE TO DENY ENTRY TO THE UNITED STATES BY FILIPINO OFFICIALS WHO HAD A HAND IN JAILING OPPOSITION SEN. LEILA DE LIMA. RON CRUZ WITH TONIGHT'S TOP STORY. - THE WORLD TONIGHT, ANC, DECEMBER 27, 2019
ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, THE US SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVED RESOLUTION 142 INVOKING THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. IT CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND THE PROLONGED DETENTION OF DE LIMA. THE SANCTIONS INCLUDE A TRAVEL BAN TO THE US AND THE FREEZING OF ASSETS OF THE OFFICIALS INVOLVED.
DUTERTE ALSO ORDERED THE IMMIGRATION BUREAU TO BAN U.S. SENATORS PATRICK LEAHY AND DICK DURBIN FROM THE PHILIPPINES FOR INTRODUCING A PROVISION IN THE U.S. 2020 BUDGET SUPPORTING SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA -- WHO HAS BEEN CRITICIZING DUTERTE’S DRUG CRACKDOWNS SINCE HE WAS A LOCAL MAYOR -- PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SALVADOR PANELO SAID AT A BRIEFING ON FRIDAY.
MS. DE LIMA, A STAUNCH CRITIC OF PRESIDENT DUTERTE’S WAR ON DRUGS WHO HAS BEEN DETAINED SINCE FEBRUARY 2017 FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, IS A “PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE, DETAINED SOLELY ON ACCOUNT OF HER POLITICAL VIEWS AND THE LEGITIMATE EXERCISE OF HER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,” ACCORDING TO US SENATE RESOLUTION 142.
THE RESOLUTION ALSO ADOPTED AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED BY US SEN. BENJAMIN CARDIN THAT INVOLVED THE CALL FOR US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS UNDER THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR “ORCHESTRATING” DE LIMA’S ARREST AND PROLONGED DETENTION.
IT ALSO CALLED ON US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO “IMPOSE SANCTIONS” AGAINST SECURITY FORCES AND OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR DE LIMA’S ARREST, WHICH INCLUDE REVOKING THEIR US VISAS AND FREEZING THEIR ASSETS.
A US SENATE COMMITTEE HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF SEN. LEILA DE LIMA AND THE DROPPING OF CHARGES AGAINST MARIA RESSA. THE RESOLUTION CALLED ON THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO 「DROP ALL CHARGES」 AGAINST RESSA AND DE LIMA, AND ALLOW THE SENATOR TO 「FULLY DISCHARGE」 HER LEGISLATIVE MANDATE. IT ALSO CALLED ON US PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TO 「IMPOSE SANCTIONS」 AGAINST SECURITY FORCES AND OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR DE LIMA』S ARREST.

 

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