Former Sen. Leila de Lima marked her 2,000th day of incarceration, saying her continuing trial on “utterly false” drug trafficking charges despite the recantation of key government witnesses showed how “broken” the Philippine justice system had become.
Denied bail, De Lima faced three drug cases in the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court, one of which ended in her acquittal in February last year.
“And by fabricating spurious charges against me to deplatform and silence me, the former wannabe dictator only proved my point and solidified his status as an oppressor, demonstrating his vindictiveness,” said De Lima, who will turn 62 on Aug. 27. “Due to my continued unjust detention, I missed my opportunity again this year to participate in plenary sessions and important debates in the Senate, but I regularly worked on filing bills and resolutions and pushed for the passage of several bills into laws as chairperson of the Senate committee on social justice, welfare and rural development,” she said.
Citing the retractions and, lately, the Ombudsman’s resolution, De Lima and her lawyers have called on the new leadership of the Department of Justice , under the Marcos administration, to finally drop her remaining two cases.
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