After witnesses retracted allegations, De Lima again asks court to junk case

In a petition publicized on Friday, February 24, De Lima’s camp filed a supplemental omnibus motion urging the court to grant her immediate release and/ or grant their petition for bail.

have already retracted their accusations against De Lima. Espinosa said he was coerced, while Ragos revealed that former justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II forced him to lie against De Lima.In their petition, the De Lima camp reiterated that they already filed an Omnibus Motion for Outright Dismissal; Immediate Release; and/or Bail Ad Cautela on May 6, 2022 after Ragos retracted his statements.

They added that at the very least, the former lawmaker should be granted bail: “At the very least, herein Accused should be granted her constitutional right to bail in light of the retraction of the only testimony offered by the Prosecution that supposedly directly links her to the offense charged.”

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