Move to change charter amid global pandemic is work of enemies of democracy, people – De Lima
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has maintained that the renewed push by allies of Mr. Duterte to amend the 1987 Constitution during a global pandemic is a deliberate move to tighten their grip to power. In her message for the Movement Against the Anti-Terrorism Act’s (MATA) webinar on Charter Change last Aug. 14, De […]
De Lima bewails BuCor’s lack of transparency regarding deaths of PDLs
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has called for a Senate investigation into the utter lack of transparency surrounding the deaths of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) and the actual extent of COVID-19 contagion in jails and prisons nationwide. De Lima, a social justice and human rights champion, filed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 491 after […]
De Lima: my situation is ‘best argument’ against the restoration of the death penalty
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged the Filipino public to continue expressing their strong opposition to the planned re-imposition of the death penalty law in the country. In her message read by Ms. Jean Enriquez during the Movement Against the Anti-Terrorism Act (MATA) webinar on the renewed push for death penalty last Aug. […]
De Lima slams authorities’ growing disregard for civil, political rights of civilians
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has called for a Senate investigation into the cases of growing disregard for basic civil and political rights among law enforcers, especially during quarantine period. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 490, De Lima cited the unlawful seizure of protest materials during a mass at the Minor Basilica of […]
De Lima rejects renewed call to restore death penalty
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has reiterated her uncompromising opposition to the proposed restoration of death penalty in the country which could further unleash nationwide bloodbath mostly victimizing Filipinos from the vulnerable sectors of the society. De Lima said Duterte’s recent call to the Congress to reinstate death penalty for drug-related charges amid the […]
De Lima thanks US Senators for demanding definitive US response over her continued unjust detention, PH HR abuses
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has expressed gratitude to the five US Senators who continue to show concern over the threats to press freedom and worsening human rights violations in the country, including her continued unjust detention. In separate letters she sent to US Senators Edward Markey, Richard Durbin, Jeffrey Merkley, Patrick Leahy, […]
De Lima relinquishes membership in Justice Committee in favor of Hontiveros
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has relinquished her membership in the Committee on Justice and Human Rights in favor of Sen. Risa Hontiveros, an action seen as a tactical response of anti-death penalty solons to the earlier move within the camp of pro-capital punishment where Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian gave up his committee membership to […]
De Lima: Duterte’s refusal to relinquish post is a sin to the nation, Filipinos
A day after the President’s State of the Nation Address last July 27, Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has reiterated her call for the resignation of Mr. Dutete amid his failure to fulfill his duties to the Filipinos in the past four years, especially in the middle of a global health crisis. De Lima, […]
De Lima refuses to rank Duterte’s 4-year performance, calls him a traitor
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has penned a poem expressing her disgust to a traitor – evidently alluding to Mr. Duterte – who instigated human rights abuses and favored the whims of the Chinese government in his four years in office. Entitled “Ang Traydor,” the poem written by De Lima inside her detention quarters […]
De Lima seeks to revisit ‘Doble Plaka’ law
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has urged her colleagues to revisit Republic Act (RA) 11235, or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Law, to prevent its adverse impact on the millions of law-abiding riders and motorcycle owners, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 469, De Lima maintained that the government should […]