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Sotto thinks US senators 『misinformed,』 violated own Constitution @ 2020-01-09T20: Back Hot News
Keyword:De Lima
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SENATE RESOLUTION 142, ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR ITS CONTINUED DETENTION OF SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA, CALLING FOR HER IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" WAS SUBMITTED BY SENATOR ED MARKEY IN APRIL 2019 AND WAS PASSED "WITH AN AMENDMENT AND AN AMENDED PREAMBLE BY VOICE VOTE," ACCORDING THE WEBSITE OF THE US SENATE.
THE RESOLUTION DECLARED DE LIMA A “PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE, DETAINED SOLELY ON ACCOUNT OF HER POLITICAL VIEWS AND THE LEGITIMATE EXERCISE OF HER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.” IT URGED THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE DE LIMA WHO HAS BEEN DETAINED SINCE FEBRUARY 2017.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — UNITED STATES SENATORS WERE “MISLED” BY MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION AND THE MEDIA, MALACANANG SAID FRIDAY AFTER A US SENATE PANEL APPROVED A RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO FREE DETAINED SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA AND DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST RAPPLER CEO MARIA RESSA.
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.
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 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.
DE LIMA IS NOT A VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION, BUT RATHER SHE IS BEING PROSECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES. THERE ARE EVIDENCES AND TESTIMONIES THAT LINKED HER TO THE DRUG SYNDICATE WHEN SHE WAS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT ALSO RUNS THE NATIONAL BILIBID PRISON WHERE CONVICTED BIG-TIME DRUG LORDS ARE DETAINED. IN FACT, NO LESS THAN THE SUPREME COURT AFFIRMED THAT THE DETENTION OF DE LIMA IS LEGAL. IT FOLLOWED THE COUNTRY』S JUDICIAL PROCESS. SO WHY IS THE US INTERFERING IN THIS ASPECT? WE HAVE OUR OWN LAWS AND LEGAL PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW.
PUSHES FOR PASSAGE OF HIS OWN MEASURE IN SENATE -SENATOR KIKO PANGILINAN HAS LAUDED A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’ PANEL APPROVAL OF A MEASURE TAXING SINGLE-USE PLASTICS, AS HE PUSHED FOR THE PASSAGE OF HIS OWN MEASURE PENDING BEFORE THE SENATE.
「COP25 IS DEMONSTRATING VERY LITTLE AMBITION. COP25 IS A DEFINING MOMENT FOR US: IT MUST TRIGGER A DECADE OF AMBITION. WE ARE APPALLED AT THE STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS…WHAT』S BEFORE US IS A LEVEL OF COMPROMISE SO PROFOUND, THAT IT UNDERSCORES A LACK OF AMBITION, SERIOUSNESS ABOUT THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND THE URGENCY OF SECURING THE FATE OF OUR ISLANDS.」

 

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