Dispatch from Crame No. 993: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Dubious Efforts at Impeaching Justice Leonen
To understand this impeachment attempt, we need only to look at who benefits from Justice Marvic Leonen’s immediate impeachment: the only losing candidate with a pending case before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal which case is assigned to the embattled Justice. It does not take a dummy to see that there is a coordinated attack being […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 992: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the arrests of activists on HR Day
With planted evidence, fabricated charges, and the nanlaban narrative against his perceived enemies, Duterte is on a mad rush to eliminate anyone who might undermine whatever is remaining of his power. Just days after the government launched its Human Rights Summit, State forces went on a hunting spree on Human Rights Day, arresting seven (7) […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 991: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the use of yantok by the PNP to discipline quarantine violators
The government is still propagating the pasaway narrative to blame the failed crisis response on the people. Walang disiplina? Ilagay sa kulungan ng aso, ibilad sa araw, patayin kasi mukhang bubunot ng baril, at ngayon naman ay hatawin ng yantok para magtino. Violent measures to implement health protocols have failed to curb the pandemic, and […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 990: Sen. Leila M. de Lima On Duterte’s Regime Killing Filipinos Just for Political Showcase
Walang habas na PAGPATAY. Ganyan ang nangyayari mula pa noong 2016. Hindi PATAYAN, dahil ang mga biktima ay hindi nanlaban, kundi karumal-dumal na pinaslang. Let’s make this distinction very clear for the sake of all EJK victims. Hindi sila nanlaban. Patayan is like mafia rivals eliminating each other’s members. Pagpatay is clear and plain murder. […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 988: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on the Killing of Los Baños Mayor Caesar Perez
After the successive killings of lawyers, here’s another EJK of an incumbent LGU official, Los Baños Mayor Caesar Perez, reportedly included in the so-called Narcolist. Another cold-blooded assassination night at the Municipal Hall premises. Another brazen assault on the human right against arbitrary deprivation of life and the constitutional human right to due process of […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 987: Statement of Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the persecution of young Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam
I stand in solidarity with young activists in Hong Kong who are being persecuted for their courageous defense of democracy and justice, as I denounce in the strongest terms Wednesday’s sentencing of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam to prison terms of 13 ½ months, 10 months and 7 months, respectively, for their participation […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 986: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Reaction on the Arrest of Amanda Echanis and her child
The situation of women human rights defenders under Duterte’s rule seems to have taken a turn for the worse as they increasingly become open targets of violations by State forces. With this government’s already dismal record of suppressing human rights, one cannot but fear for the safety of Amanda Echanis and her newborn. Having witnessed […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 985: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s red-tagging of Makabayan bloc in his latest address to the nation
It’s supposed to be a President’s weekly report on the COVID-19 situation but what we’ve been hearing since Day 1 are desperate attempts at damage control. In his latest address to the nation, he went on a red-tagging rampage against the Makabayan bloc, clearly a diversionary tactic. Duterte’s blabbering is an everyday reminder of this […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 984: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the PITC Parked Funds Anomaly
The practice of the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) of accommodating the “parking” of unused public funds, as exposed by Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, is a travesty of governance and is tantamount to defrauding the government. Malinaw po ang batas natin diyan. Kapag hindi nagastos ang pondo, dapat po isauli sa National Treasury para […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 983: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Proposed GAA Amendment to waive safeguards in the Automated Election
Anyone who seeks to steal our elections is an enemy to our people and our democracy. They should be treated as such. I was told that last night, it circulated over the social media that someone from the Senate is attempting to insert a provision in the national budget to give COMELEC the authority to […]