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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
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, A JUSTICE MINISTER IN A FORMER ADMINISTRATION, ON WEDNESDAY EXPRESSED WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS OVERWHELMING GRATITUDE TO THE U.S. CONGRESS FOR ITS HELP.
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.
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.
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.
“[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.
THE SENATE CHIEF AIRED THE SAME BELIEF IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN US SENATORS RICHARD DURBIN AND PATRICK LEAHY WERE PROPOSING TO INCLUDE IN THEIR 2020 STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS BILL THE PROHIBITION ON THE ENTRY OF FILIPINO AUTHORITIES WHO HAD A HAND IN DE LIMA’S DETENTION.
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.
THE U.S. 2020 APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, PROVIDES A 「PROHIBITION ON ENTRY. – THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL APPLY SUBSECTION (C) TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABOUT WHOM THE SECRETARY HAS CREDIBLE INFORMATION HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT OF: (1) MOUSTAFA KASSEM, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IMPRISONED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT, AND WHOSE HEALTH IS FAILING; AND (2) SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA WHO WAS ARRESTED IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 2017.」
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.
"I AM OPEN TO WITNESSES," COLLINS SAID. "I THINK IT"S PREMATURE TO DECIDE WHO SHOULD BE CALLED UNTIL WE SEE THE EVIDENCE THAT IS PRESENTED AND GET THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE SENATORS CAN SUBMIT THROUGH THE CHIEF JUSTICE TO BOTH SIDES."
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.
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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