‘Drug charges vs De Lima are true’

Sen. Leila de Lima, a staunch critic of the President, has been in detention since Feb. 24, 2017, on charges that she was involved in the illegal drug trade when she was still Justice secretary.
Sen. Leila de Lima, a staunch critic of the President, has been in detention since Feb. 24, 2017, on charges that she was involved in the illegal drug trade when she was still Justice secretary.

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that opposition Sen. Leila de Lima benefitted from the proceeds of the drug trade, as she marked her 1,000th day in detention on Wednesday.


Duterte rehashed the allegations against De Lima, one of his fiercest critics in his brutal waron drugs.

“The greatest insult that I have received from these people is they refused to understand that the case against de Lima is true and accurate. They took the line of the left that she is a political prisoner,” Duterte said.


“I’m telling you, it is true. If she really did collect money, why? She was not into business but ambitions can blind you. That is why you need money to run for senator. You need millions to do that. She does not have any business,” he added.


Duterte also brought up the alleged sex video of the former Department of Justice secretary and her former driver and bodyguard, who allegedly served as her bag man at the New Bilibid Prison.


“She allowed to be filmed when she was having sexual intercourse with her driver, who was the collector. And that picture has been making the rounds. You saw it all. Can you really believe a woman like that,” the President said.

De Lima, however, remained defiant even as she has been “unjustly incarcerated” for 1,000 days.

“I have been maligned, and I have been persecuted,” De Lima said in a statement. 

De Lima, a staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been in detention at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center since Feb. 24, 2017, on charges that she was involved in the illegal drug trade when she was still Justice secretary./PN

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