REMOTE CAMPAIGNING. Jailed Senator Leila de Lima makes an appearance via video message during a campaign rally of presidential candidate, Vice President Leni Robredo, in this April 2022 photo. Cardboard standees of the senator, who is detained on illegal drug charges, were also included in various Robredo sorties. (Photo courtesy of Sen. de Lima Facebook) MANILA - Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo called for the release of detained Senator Leila de Lima following witnesses taking back their testimonies. In a statement on Monday, Robredo said in the five-year detention of de Lima, not a single gram of illegal drugs or other documentary evidence have been brought against the senator. "Patunay lang ito ng katotohanang matagal ko nang iginigiit: Walang kaso laban kay Sen. Leila de Lima. Ang tanging kasalanan niya ay ang magsabi ng totoo at ipagtanggol ang karapatan ng mga kapwa natin Pilipino (This only proves the truth that I have long been saying: There is no cas
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Senator Leila de Lima has called on other individuals behind the drug allegations thrown at her in the past to come forward and "expose what they know" after self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa took back his drug allegations against her.
Senator Leila de Lima (Photo courtesy of Leila de Lima