Retired
Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio came out of retirement and said that the
move of the United States of America (USA) is valid and legal in banning all
those government officials who have one thing or another a hand in the
detention of opposition senator Leila De Lima.
The
prohibition, contained in the Washington’s new budget signed by US President
Donald Trump is the power the State Secretary to ban Philippine government
officials which have involvement in the “illegal” detention of opposition
senator Leila De Lima.
A provision of the US 2020
budget indicated that:
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| Retired SC Justice Antonio Carpio and opposition senator Leila De Lima (photo credit to owner) |
The Secretary of State shall apply
subsection (c) to foreign government officials about whom the Secretary has
credible information (sic.) have been involved in the wrongful imprisonment of:
[...] Senator Leila de Lima who was arrested in the Philippines in 2017.
“That's the right of every state so if the US
Congress, for whatever reason, decides to bar certain individuals or aliens
from entering their country, that's their right. Nobody can complain,” Carpio
told ABS-CBN News.
“We can also bar anyone who is not a Filipino
from entering our country and nobody can complain. So that's the principle in
international law.”
The
prohibition, contained in the Washington’s new budget signed by US President
Donald Trump is the power the State Secretary to ban Philippine government
officials which have involvement in the “illegal” detention of opposition
senator Leila De Lima.
A provision of the US 2020
budget indicated that:
The Secretary of State shall apply
subsection (c) to foreign government officials about whom the Secretary has
credible information (sic.) have been involved in the wrongful imprisonment of:
[...] Senator Leila de Lima who was arrested in the Philippines in 2017.
Who can be on the list?
Senator Leila De Lima later came
out with a list of such officials led by President Duterte.
It included
Malacañang spokesman Atty. Salvador Panelo, former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, former
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, and Solicitor General Jose Calida.
Also on Senator De Lima’s
list were chief public attorney Persida Acosta, former congressmen Rey Umali
and Rudy Fariñas, Sandra Cam, Dante Jimenez, and social media propagandists
Mocha Uson, Sass Rogando Sasot, RJ Nieto (“Thinking Pinoy”).
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