{"id":241365,"date":"2020-01-04T04:17:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T09:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=241365"},"modified":"2020-01-04T04:17:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T09:17:42","slug":"de-lima-peddling-lies-about-her-detention-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/04\/de-lima-peddling-lies-about-her-detention-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"De Lima \u2018peddling lies\u2019 about her detention: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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De Lima has been detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center at Camp Crame in Quezon City since February 2017 due to her supposed role in the rampant narcotics trade inside the national penitentiary during her stint as Justice secretary. (File Photo<\/a>: Senate of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Senator Leila de Lima is using the media to propagate \u201clies\u201d about her detention, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement upon learning that de Lima would release an updated roster of individuals who supposedly had a hand in her arrest.<\/p>\n

In an interview with CNN Philippines on Thursday, de Lima\u2019s lawyer, Fhillip Sawali, said his client will come up with a \u201cmore comprehensive\u201d and more detailed\u201d list of Philippine officials and personalities who are allegedly responsible for her \u201cwrongful\u201d detention.<\/p>\n

Panelo maintained that de Lima was not politically persecuted.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is just using you people (from the media) to become relevant while in detention.\u00a0Kayo naman pinapatulan ninyo kaya<\/em>\u00a0happy\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0happy\u00a0siya<\/em>\u00a0(And you are writing articles about her that\u2019s why she\u2019s enjoying it),\u201d Panelo said in a text message.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far we are concerned, she is an irrelevant political entity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

A provision of the United States\u2019 (US) 2020 budget earlier signed by American President Donald Trump authorizes US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to bar Philippine government officials involved in de Lima\u2019s \u201cwrongful detention\u201d from entering Washington.<\/p>\n

De Lima has been detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center at Camp Crame in Quezon City since February 2017 due to her supposed role in the rampant narcotics trade inside the national penitentiary during her stint as Justice secretary.<\/p>\n

De Lima earlier released an initial list of personalities who she believed are behind her arrest.<\/p>\n

The roster includes President Rodrigo Duterte, Panelo, former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, Solicitor General Jose Calida, and Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chairperson Dante Jimenez, among others.<\/p>\n

Panelo merely dismissed de Lima\u2019s claim as \u201cnonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the senator should instead include herself, as well as Duterte\u2019s another staunch critic, former senator Antonio Trillanes III, on the list she wanted to be banned from visiting the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe already said she would include (the President), but if I were you, you should ignore her nonsense,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe should put (herself) on the top list plus Trillanes and others who have been peddling lies to the outside world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 26 last year, Panelo said Duterte was unbothered by the US\u2019 move to deny entry to de Lima\u2019s alleged jailers.<\/p>\n

A day after, the Palace official warned that the Duterte government might be forced to impose a visa application for all US citizens, in case Washington bans the Filipino officials linked to de Lima\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

The President has also barred US Senators Richard Durbin, Patrick Leahy, and Edward Markey for supporting the call to immediately release de Lima.<\/p>\n

Panelo said any form of pressure by other states that is tantamount to interference in the Philippines\u2019 established justice system “shall be reciprocated in accordance with our municipal law, as well as public international law or the law of the nations.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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