Two US senators added their voices to expressions of support from abroad for former Sen. Leila de Lima after she was cleared from one of two remaining drug charges filed against her by the previous administration of Rodrigo Duterte. /PDI
Sen. Dick Durbin congratulated De Lima on Twitter for her acquittal from the “always bogus charges” she faced, as the Democratic senator from Illinois described the cases against her.“After six years in jail, she should be released without any further delay,” said Durbin, whose staff visited De Lima at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in December last year.
Markey was referring to the time, only two months after his visit, when De Lima was held hostage by Abu Sayyaf suspects who were later taken out by police snipers.De Lima has chosen to remain detained at the PNP Custodial Center despite the government’s offer to have her transferred elsewhere. A number of foreign observers have been following De Lima’s drug cases, including diplomats posted here.
Branch 256 is hearing the third and last case, in which she is accused of collecting drug money for her 2016 senatorial campaign. In February of the next year, the prosecution presented two witnesses, convicted murderer, and gang leader Joel Capones and convicted kidnapper Noel Martinez.
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