Friday’s visit was made possible by separate orders issued earlier that day by Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Judges Abraham Joseph Alcantara of Branch 204 and Romeo Buenaventura of Branch 256 granting the “extremely urgent motion” filed by De Lima’s lawyers on behalf of the US delegation.
In his order, Alcantara did not specify a time limit, only saying he was allowing the request “subject to the visitation guidelines” of the PNP and “without prejudice to the liability of those visitors for any infraction punishable by law.” There were also no immediate details from De Lima’s camp on what the group talked about, as the court had issued a gag order preventing her from making any comment or speech with any reference to her pending drug trading cases.
Several key witnesses have recanted their earlier claims against her, fueling the clamor of human rights groups for the Department of Justice to review her two remaining cases and to finally set her free.
Palabasin na si delima at huliin si digong at ibang mga opisyal na nakipagkunsaba sa kanya para makulong su delima