Detained
opposition senator Leila De Lima slams Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo
Guevarra when he stated that the US lawmakers were "misinformed" in their call to drop all charges against De Lima and Rapplrer Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and US citizen Maria Ressa.
“Much has been said by the
Palace and my own colleagues in the Senate about the filing of a resolution by
US Senators calling on the Duterte Administration to stop the legal persecution
of dissenters, including myself and Maria Ressa. But none of these is more
absurd than Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra’s statement that the US Senators
were misinformed and that Maria Ressa and I were properly treated and legally
charged by the DOJ for alleged criminal wrongdoings,’’ she said.
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| Detained senator Leila De Lima (photo credit to owner) |
“Secretary Guevarra might have
been hiding under a rock for a good part in the early months of this
administration to be unaware of the daily character assassination,
slut-shaming, and trial by publicity that Duterte and his officials subjected
me to, but definitely the US Senators were not,’’ she added.
The detained opposition senator
maintains that the US lawmakers know, while Guevarra apparently did not, that
the whole government machinery, first and foremost, the House of
Representatives (HR) and the DOJ, was mobilized by his boss (President Duterte)
to malign my reputation and fabricate criminal charges against me on the basis
of the statements of convicted criminals and other perjured witnesses.
“I am sure that the US Senators
are better informed than him about my cases if he has at all even bothered to
familiarize himself with the cases his department has filed against me. As DOJ
Secretary, he has continued the legal persecution started by his infamous
predecessor by maintaining the criminal convicts as state witnesses against me,
even if they are disqualified by law,’’ she said.
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