Dispatch from Crame No. 602: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the Senate’s “swift approval” of the President’s proposed 2020 PhP4.5-billion Confidential, Intelligence and Extraordinary Funds
Approving with dispatch the proposed budget of any government office, including the Office of the President, is commendable. But doing so sans an iota of scrutiny is dereliction of duty on the part of our officials, and dangerous in more ways than one – especially under this administration that is notorious in inserting and tucking […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 601: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s message to her allies and supporters on fighting lies and evils
Dear allies and supporters: We fight and we fight more! We fight the Lies. We fight Evil. We fight against any sense of helplessness, hopelessness or defeat. May God sustain our spirit. Have a blessed Sunday! With profound gratitude,Sen. Leila
Dispatch from Crame No. 600: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on Duterte’s willingness to set aside our legal victory at The Hague in favor of China’s exploration deal at the West Philippine Sea
Duterte will not only leave a generation of orphans as his legacy but also a generation of beggars surviving on crumbs from China’s banquet- a banquet from our own territory. The gall of the President to even think of setting aside our legal victory at The Hague to give way to an exploration deal with […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 599: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on Sen. Gordon’s outlandish “theory” that the GCTA IRR was meant to be a money making machine during her term as Justice Secretary
I need to further say my piece relative to Sen. Gordon’s outlandish theory that the GCTA IRR was meant to be a money-making machine during my stint as Justice Secretary. He even insinuates that the IRR was made intentionally confusing to allow it to be used for the benefit of NBP drug lords. I take […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 598: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on recent Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing implicating her in the GCTA mess and other latest anomalies in NBP
What’s this? Part 3 of my continuing and relentless demonization and persecution? Part 1 – The 2016 House inquiry into the Bilibid drug trade. Part 2 – The trumped-up drug cases now under trial. And now, the Senate! This is so wrong and sordid! Using the perjured testimonies of two (2) of the very same […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 597: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s quick reaction to today’s Blue Ribbon Committee hearing where Ragos and Ablen testified
I vehemently deny and deplore the accusations of certain fellow Senators, like Senators Gordon and Tolentino, and even Sen. Lacson. I say they are the ones who accuse me because it was reported to me that they were practically the ones who testified for, if not guided the testimonies of Ragos and Ablen as presented […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 596: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s answer to PACC, who reportedly urged her to explain some issues in the IRR of the GCTA Law
Commissioner Manuelito Luna of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has reportedly announced that they are also asking me and Sec. Mar Roxas to explain some issues in the IRR of the GCTA Law. I say to them: Don’t bother to send me any letter or order requiring me to explain or any other paper of […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 595: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on Duterte’s remarks blaming her and Roxas for alleged vague GCTA rules
Mr. Duterte’s logic (why he is blaming Sec. Mar and me) goes: Your IRR does not say that my people CANNOT release convicts who have committed heinous crimes. So they release them. Why fault us? Fault them (Sec. Mar and me)! This argument hides the reason for the questionable releases: BuCor and prison corruption. Regardless […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 594: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the swift approval at the House Committee level of the President’s intel funds
Where in the Constitution does it state that Congress cannot exercise its oversight function over the Intelligence Funds of the President? Why is the House of Representatives allowing this so-called tradition of “courtesy” to prevail over public scrutiny? Considering how bloated the budget is, all the more the President has to justify this amount. This […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 593: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on the Ombudsman directing her to clarify the IRR of the GCTA Law
I have received the letter of the Ombudsman directing me to explain or clarify, within three (3) days, the IRR of the GCTA Law, as released to the media. The letter says that the Office of the Ombudsman has “opened a fact-finding investigation on alleged irregularities in the implementation of” the GCTA Law. Am I […]