Filipino senators from the Liberal Party (LP) are
both happy and elated so much so thanking some US senators for the support they
are showing for their beleaguered colleague detained senator Leila De Lima.
The opposition Liberal Party (LP) headed by senator
Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan showed there support for the United States of America
Senate proposal to ban those government officials involved in the “unjust and
arbitrary detention” of senator Leila De Lima.
“We do not
consider the US Senate’s action as an interference in the affairs of a
sovereign state. Human beings everywhere — regardless of ethnicity,
nationality, class, religion, or gender — must speak out against mass murder,’’
Senator Francis N. Pangilinan, Liberal Party president, said.
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| Liberal Party President Francid "Kiko" Pangilinan (photo credit to MB) |
‘’We welcome this
move of the US senators, an act of solidarity not only for Senator Leila de
Lima, but for all the murdered victims, and their orphans, widows, and mothers
and fathers, who are now doubly burdened by the absence of a loved one and in
many, many cases a family breadwinner,’’ he stressed.
Senator Kiko said
Senator de Lima stood up against the ‘’mass murder of our people — as we all
should.’’
‘’She is being
unlawfully detained — for almost 1,000 days now — for speaking out against the
killings of poor, powerless Filipino citizens in the Administration’s so-called
war on drugs,’’ he added.
The opposition senator said the LP is more than
ever encouraged by the growing number of world leaders recognizing the unjust
detention of De Lima.
‘’This US Senate action, as well as the Iceland UN
resolution, shows that we are not alone in this fight,’’ he stressed.
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