Another
opposition senator has defended the US lawmakers call to the Philippine
government for the release of detained senator Leila De Lima.
Liberal
Party’s Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, joins his colleague senator Risa
Hontiveros that the resolution of the United States of America lawmakers is not
an act of interference to purely Philippine affairs.
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| Senator Francis Pangilinan (photo credit to owner) |
Pangilinan
cited past actions of the Philippine Senate, in 2005 it adopted Resolution 191,
which expressed the sense of the Senate that Myanmar should not assume
chairmanship of the ASEAN in light of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest and
political persecution and the continued violation of civil and political rights
in that country.
In 2009, Philippine Senate
approved a resolution thanking US Congress for passing a bill granting
recognition and benefits to Filipino World War II veterans.
Pangilinan further said, in
2012, the Senate approved Resolution 130, which expressed support for Cambodia
in its efforts to promote parliamentary and inclusive democracy by having fair
and credible elections free from violence and electoral fraud.
“These, as are the US
legislators' proposed resolutions on Sen. De Lima, are expressions of
solidarity, which like humanity, knows no boundary,” said Pangilinan.
US senators composed of
Democrats Ed Markey, Chris Coons, and Dick Durbin and Republicans Marco Rubio, and
Marsha Blackburn condemned the "state-sanctioned extrajudicial
killings" in the Philippines as part of the Duterte administration's war
on drugs, and called for the dropping of charges against Rappler CEO US citizen
Maria Ressa.
According to their resolution
opposition senator De Lima should be considered a "prisoner of conscience," who detained "solely on account of her political views and legitimate exercise of her freedom of expression."
Senate President Vicente Sotto
III, Senators Panfilo Lacson, and Gregorio Honasan filed Senate Resolution 1037
on Wednesday to denounce the US lawmakers' proposed Resolutions 233 and 142 for
"being an affront to the sovereignty of the Republic of the Philippines
and an undue interference in its judicial process."
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