{"id":122576,"date":"2017-10-10T03:24:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T07:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=122576"},"modified":"2017-10-10T03:24:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T07:24:33","slug":"sc-dismisses-de-limas-plea-to-recall-arrest-warrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/10\/sc-dismisses-de-limas-plea-to-recall-arrest-warrant\/","title":{"rendered":"SC dismisses De Lima’s plea to recall arrest warrant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Sen. Leila De Lima (Photo: Leila De Lima\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday junked the petition of detained Senator Leila De Lima to recall the arrest warrant issued against her.<\/p>\n

Voting 9-6, the high court ruled to scrap the senator\u2019s gesture to recall her arrest warrant issued by a Muntinlupa Court.<\/p>\n

De Lima\u2019s appeal to discharge the illegal drug charges against her was also rejected.<\/p>\n

Earlier, De Lima\u2019s media officer Ferdie Maglalang said the senator\u2019s lawyers filed the plea to dismiss the warrant before Judge Juanita Guerrero of Muntinlupa Regional Court Branch 204.<\/p>\n

The six justices who opposed the ruling are Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices Estela Perlas- Bernabe, Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, and Francis Jardeleza.<\/p>\n

The senator is facing three criminal charges for allegedly receiving kickbacks from New Bilibid Prison drug lords during her term as the justice secretary.<\/p>\n

The department also indicted De Lima for allegedly using bribes from the illegal drug trade to fund her senatorial run in 2016.<\/p>\n

The senator, a staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, was charged with three counts of violation of Section No. 5 of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 in relation to trafficking and criminal liability of government officials.<\/p>\n

De Lima is currently detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center inside Camp Crame in Quezon City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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