President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said he will not intervene in the case of former senator Leila de Lima, who is currently detained on drug trafficking charges.
“This same cardinal presumption is what should have been upheld for those who have been judged only too swiftly in the past administration’s drug war and who were not given the chance to defend themselves before the courts,” she added.This developed as six United States lawmakers led by Senator Edward J. Markey urged the Marcos administration to review the drug charges and release the former senator “from her unjust detention.
“To my mind, we should talk to the DOJ… and I hope that Secretary Boying for humanitarian reasons will listen to our plea, that senator De Lima be considered for extended medical furlough. Given that she had been granted that before,” Sen. Marcos added. The US lawmakers cited the foiled attempt to hold De Lima hostage last Sunday, which they said further highlights the need for the administration to revisit the former senator’s case “rather than simply transfer her to another detention site.”
“I have said, we are very, very clear that we have three departments of government and I am sure we should not [interfere and] … let it decide,” the President told reporters. “So, she never asked me to do anything, that’s what she tweeted, what she tweeted, that’s the extent of it, that’s the extent of our discussion with the former senator,” the President added.
“We were—and are—optimistic that developments such as these signal a shift under President Marcos Jr.’s leadership away from the types of
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