{"id":136926,"date":"2017-12-06T23:17:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T04:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=136926"},"modified":"2017-12-06T23:17:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T04:17:28","slug":"de-lima-tells-roque-charges-against-me-are-orchestrated-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/06\/de-lima-tells-roque-charges-against-me-are-orchestrated-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"De Lima tells Roque: Charges against me are orchestrated lies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: De Lima\u2019s statements came after Roque commented on the senator\u2019s latest recognition from Washington-based Foreign Policy magazine. (Photo: Philippine News Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detained Senator Leila De Lima on Wednesday affirmed the statements of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque that the charges filed against her were \u201cvery serious\u201d not because of the evidence but because it was \u201cnon-bailable\u201d and was \u201canchored on orchestrated lies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery serious charges? Yes, the charges that the DOJ and its cohorts, upon Duterte’s command, have managed to put together based on perjured or coerced testimonies are ostensibly “very serious” as they are non-bailable,\u201d De Lima said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut these are bogus, invented, fabricated or trumped-up charges. Otherwise put, they are anchored on lies, orchestrated lies. A pure fairy tale of my alleged complicity in the illegal drug trade,\u201d the senator added.<\/p>\n

De Lima\u2019s statements came after Roque commented on the senator\u2019s latest recognition from Washington-based Foreign Policy magazine.<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive year, the American magazine hailed De Lima as one of the Leading Global Thinkers for 2017 for openly condemning President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s bloody crackdown on illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

Sought for comment, Roque said: \u201cWhat can I say? That\u2019s the decision of the magazine \u2018no. So c\u2019est la vie <\/em>(such is life)\u00a0\u2018no.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as the Philippine authorities are concerned, she stands charged\u2014very serious charges and there is, in fact, no bail recommended for her provisional liberty. That\u2019s the position of the State,\u201d Roque added.<\/p>\n

De Lima also said that the plan to \u201camend\u201d the Information, originally from Illegal Drug Trading to Conspiracy to Commit Drug Trading, is a \u201ctelling proof of the fakery of the charges.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth the DOJ and OSG cannot figure out, as they cannot agree, on what exactly are they accusing me of!\u201d De Lima said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe patent infirmity of the original Information was plainly and intensely articulated by some of the dissenting Justices in the recent 9-6 decision of the Supreme Court on my Petition. According to them, the defects or deficiencies of said Information are such that render my arrest and detention void from the very beginning,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The lady senator also stressed anew her innocence, saying even many \u201cself-confessed drug lords and convicted felons\u201d may persuade or threaten to lie against her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world knows that I’m innocent. Hence, as this grossest injustice is being perpetrated in full view of the entire world, to paraphrase Justice Carpio, institutions around the world felt morally compelled to provide any meaningful succor, in solidarity with my causes. That is the very essence of the various recognitions, all priceless, accorded me, the latest being those from the Liberal International (LI) and Foreign Policy (FP) magazine,\u201d De Lima said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Amnesty International’s motto aptly puts it — “when injustice happens to one person, it matters to us all,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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