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Panelo hits US senators for "absolute ignorance, shameful bias" over De Lima case @ 2020-01-01T12: Back Hot News
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IN A STATEMENT, PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON SALVADOR PANELO SAID 「THE CALL OF THESE FOREIGN OFFICIALS TO RELEASE SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA, WHO IS PRESENTLY FACING CHARGES BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT PHILIPPINE COURT, IS A BRAZEN INTERFERENCE INTO OUR SOVEREIGNTY.”
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.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA ON TUESDAY COMMENDED TWO US SENATORS FOR THEIR UNFAZED DEFENSE OF HER AMID PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE’S 「RETALIATORY MOVES.」
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.
DE LIMA'S DETENTION WAS INCLUDED IN PROVISIONS OF THE US GOVERNMENT'S $1.4-TRILLION 2020 BUDGET SIGNED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EARLIER THIS MONTH.
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
“[T]HE SENATE CONDEMNS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND POLITICAL LEADERS WHO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION...AND THE CONTINUED DETENTION OF SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA,” READ THE RESOLUTION SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN APRIL.
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.
AS SHOWN ABOVE, THE CLAUSE ON ENTRY BANS IS THE STANDARD TEXT IN US BUDGET LAWS SINCE 2015 AT THE LATEST. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY PROVISION THAT SPECIFICALLY PERTAINS TO THE DETAINED SENATOR DE LIMA, ALONG WITH THE LACK OF ANY NEW TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN 2016, IT LOGICALLY FOLLOWS THAT NO SUCH BAN AS REPORTED OVER THE PAST WEEK EXISTS.
TWO WEEKS AGO, I MADE A SUGGESTION FOR SEN. RONALD DELA ROSA TO TABLE A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BAN THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE FROM ENTERING THE PHILIPPINES. THE COMMITTEE HAD APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE US 2020 BUDGET BILL BANNING PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DETENTION OF SEN. LEILA DE LIMA FROM ENTERING THE US.
「THE DUTERTE REGIME SHOULD STOP THREATENING THE TRAVEL OF THESE FILIPINO AMERICANS AND SO MANY OTHERS WHO TRAVEL BETWEEN OUR NATIONS, AND INSTEAD RELEASE SENATOR DE LIMA OR ASSURE A QUICK AND CREDIBLE TRIAL,」 U.S. SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-ILLINOIS) SAID IN A STATEMENT. – PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

 

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