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Former senator Leila de Lima (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday maintained it sees no inconsistencies between the recent decision of the Office of the Ombudsman to dismiss the bribery cases against former senator Leila de Lima, and the drug charges against her before the Muntinlupa court. "Basically, we are saying that the resolution of OMB (dismissing the bribery charges) was expected. We do not think, however, that it will have any bearing on the drug trading charges in court," DOJ spokesman Mico Clavano told reporters. Clavano said Prosecutor-General Benedicto Malcontento wrote a memorandum to DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla stating and describing the consistency of the DOJ resolution dated Feb. 14, 2017 and the recent resolution of the Ombudsman dated July 22, 2022. "We've been reviewing the records and they seem to be in order but if you can point out something, we can look further into that," he said. Even in the 2017 DOJ