Dispatch from Crame No. 1042: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Unabated Spate of Violence and Killings
The stark truth stares at us: No one else to blame for the killing spree (of drug suspects, lawyers, former and incumbent LGU officials, media practitioners, non-combatant activists and HRDs), but Duterte himself. He’s the instigator or driving force behind the spate of violence and assassinations unparalleled in modern PH history. That’s the most crucial, […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 1,041: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the spate of arrests and killing of activists in Southern Tagalog
Nananawagan ako para sa kagyat at totohanang imbestigasyon sa naganap na mass arrests at pagpatay sa mga aktibista sa Timog Katagalugan kahapon ng umaga. Kailangang matigil na ang walang habas na pag-atake sa karapatang pantao. Kailangan ding managot ang mga salarin. The intensifying attacks warrant the attention and condemnation of the Filipino people and the […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 1040: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the HB 7814 amending the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act
If the laws are not just, the rule of law falls. While the intentions of H.B. No. 7814, amending the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act, are generally good, particular provisions in the proposed bill are patently offensive to the Bill of Rights. The bill creates presumptions which, when uncontroverted, would allow the courts to convict the […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 1,039: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s statement on Duterte’s “Mamatay ka na” remark against VP Leni
Duterte wishing VP Leni dead is no damn joke! It is exceedingly vile and evil, satanic and stupid, and extremely unpresidential. The Office of the President is the primary implementer of the Constitution’s design, not a murderer’s evil desire. Hindi Freudian slip ‘yang sinabi niya. Tabas ‘yan ng dila ng mamamatay-tao. ‘Yang bunganga niya walang […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 1,038: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s Inaction vis-à-vis PAO Chief Persida Acosta
Mr. Duterte, why can’t you discipline PAO Chief Persida Acosta for having caused this grand mess? Delayed supply of vaccines due to suppliers’ insistence on an indemnity agreement and prevailing vaccine scare—both flowing from the Persida-induced Dengvaxia controversy via her dubious claims about said anti-dengue vaccine. Answer: Like your inaction on the shenanigans of Vitaliano […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 1,037: On SOJ Guevarra’s remark that Sen. De Lima’s conviction is “inevitable”
Either Sec. Guevarra has not yet read our demurrers and the rulings of Judge Aquiatan thereon, or he does not understand or refuses to recognize the merits of our plea for demurrer. He also knows that we could still seek reconsideration, as we in fact filed an MR yesterday, of the ruling in the other […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 1,036: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Sunday Reflections on Her Ordeal
It’s still a long haul for me. Prolonged persecution. Delayed justice. Delayed vindication. Your Will be done, o Lord! Just keep me healthy, sane and whole to survive this travesty of justice and, in due time, witness my oppressors’ reckoning and attain my vindication within my lifetime. I must finish the race…
Dispatch from Crame No. 1,035: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Delayed Supply of Vaccines
That’s the problem if we have a President and some of his men who are so full of themselves and whose arrogance and hostility towards the West could likely have been a factor in the delayed supply of vaccines. Imbes kasing makipag-usap nang maayos o magpakumbaba, nangbablackmail (“No vaccines, no VFA”) at nang-eextort pa (“Pay […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 1034: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reflection on her 4th year in unjust detention
Bakit hindi po tayo sumusuko? Isang libo apat na raan at limampu’t walong (1,458) araw ng pagkakakulong. Sa loob ng apat na taon, sa tulong ng mga kabalikat nating sektor, nakapagpasa tayo ng mga batas na aagapay sa mga kapuspalad nating kababayan na mamuhay nang disente at may dignidad. Kabilang dito ang pagpapatatag ng 4Ps […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 1033: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the torture and murder of teenagers Chormel Buenaflor and Carl Justine Bonogan
Pinakita sa akin ng staff ko yung Posts ni Raffy Lerma tungkol sa dalawang kinse anyos ang pinatay sa Tondo nitong nakaraan. Lamog ang katawan sa tortyur, binalot sa packaging tape at itinapon sa Manila Bay. Ang isa sa mga biktima inukitan pa ng smiley ang katawan. Kasuklam-suklam na krimen! Hindi simpleng mamamatay-tao ang makakagawa […]