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Senator Leila De Lima “To be acquitted even in just one case, in the time of Duterte, is a victory,” DeLima, a staunch critic of the administration, said in a statement. A Muntinlupa City court earlier acquitted the opposition senator on one of three drug cases she is facing but the court denied her bid to dismiss another one. De Lima is facing two conspiracies to commit illegal drug trading cases filed before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205, in which the senator filed a demurrer to both cases. In two separate orders, the Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan granted De Lima’s demurrer to evidence in the case where her co-accused is her nephew Jose Dera. ....
Published February 3, 2021, 5:42 PM Detained Senator Leila de Lima has called on the Senate to investigate the recent red-tagging of University of the Philippines (UP) alumni by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) following the unilateral abrogation of the UP-Department of National Defense (DND) agreement. Senator Leila de Lima (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) De Lima, in filing Senate Resolution No 628, said it was imperative for Congress to look into instances of red-tagging against members of the UP community and other law-abiding citizens against the government’s attempts to justify the Duterte administration’s campaign against militant groups. The senator lamented how the AFP continues to make false or misleading statements and sweeping generalizations against respectable citizens to support their pre-formed conclusions against perceived enemies of the state. ....
Senator Leila de Lima (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Talagang nakakadismaya at nakakagalit ang mga insidenteng ito ng diskriminasyon laban sa may autism at sa kanilang pamilya. (Incident like this that discriminates those with autism and their family is truly disheartening and irritating),” De Lima said in a statement. De Lima, both a parent and a grandparent to children born with autism, said the incident only showed the people’s lack of awareness and knowledge on autism and the need for a law that will help and establish their rights. The senator said she hopes this incident would remind lawmakers of the urgency of passing into law measures that could improve the living conditions of persons with autism and raise awareness about their conditions. ....