Malacanang
will not sit still and just pass it by, as it slammed American senators for
requesting US President Donald Trump to impose sanction on Philippine officials
allegedly behind the “wrongful detention” of opposition senator Leila De Lima.
In
a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Salvador Panelo said the
"misguided" US senators apparently relied on "bogus"
narratives of President Rodrigo Duterte's enemies.
"The Palace expresses its disappointment over
US Senate Resolution 142 calling upon the US President to impose sanctions on
Philippine government officials purportedly behind the arrest and detention of
Senator de Lima, as well as the supposed extrajudicial killings in the
country," Panelo said.
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| Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Salvador Panelo (photo credit to PNA) |
"While the Philippine government continues to
respect the US Senate as an institution, the Palace finds the posture and
conviction of its prejudiced members misguided, as the same are anchored on an
erroneous premise culled from bogus narratives of President Duterte's usual
antagonists," he added.
As
per the US Senate website : Senate Resolution 142, titled "A resolution
condemning the Government of the Philippines for its continued detention of
Senator Leila de Lima, calling for her immediate release, and for other
purposes", was marked "Agreed to in Senate."
Panelo called the US Senate's latest act as a form
of "bullying".
"We will not be bullied by any foreign country
or by its officials, especially by misinformed and gullible politicians who
grandstand at our expense," he said.
Opposition
Senator Leila De Lima has been in detention since February 2017 due to her
alleged involvement in the rampant narcotics sale inside the national
penitentiary during her stint as justice secretary.
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