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Keyword:De Lima US senator
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(UPDATED) SENATOR EDWARD MARKEY OF MASSACHUSETTS IS THE AUTHOR OF THE RESOLUTION WHICH CONDEMNS SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA"S DETENTION AND DENOUNCES HUMAN RIGHTS OFFENDERS IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AS WELL AS MEDIA HARASSMENT IN THE COUNTRY
EARLIER THIS MONTH, US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED THE US GOVERNMENT’S 2020 BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES A PROVISION THAT ALLOWS THE US SECRETARY OF STATE TO PREVENT FILIPINO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM ENTERING THE US IF THEY HAVE “CREDIBLE INFORMATION” ON THE “WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT” OF 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.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – DETAINED SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA SCOFFED AT PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON SALVADOR PANELO FOR CLAIMING UNITED STATES SENATORS WERE 「MISLED」 BY THE OPPOSITION TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SANCTION HUMAN RIGHTS OFFENDERS INVOLVED IN HER DETENTION AND EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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.
“[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.
THE EARLIEST THE RESOLUTION CAN BE TACKLED FOR THE ENTIRE US SENATE"S ADOPTION IS MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. ACCORDING TO THE US SENATE CALENDAR OF BUSINESS FOR THIS DATE, THE RESOLUTION PROPOSING ACTION AGAINST OFFICIALS LINKED TO DE LIMA"S DETENTION WILL BE THE 365TH OF 397 MEASURES UP FOR THE SENATE"S CONSIDERATION.
JUSTICE SECRETARY MENARDO GUEVARRA ON SUNDAY SAID THAT A US SENATOR WHO HAS CALLED FOR THE RELEASE OF SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA SHOULD SEND HIS LEGAL STAFF TO THE PHILIPPINES AND SEE THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AGAINST HER IN COURT.
「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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