{"id":56392,"date":"2015-07-20T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T10:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=56392"},"modified":"2015-07-20T21:30:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T13:30:49","slug":"de-lima-supporters-launch-lima2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/20\/de-lima-supporters-launch-lima2016\/","title":{"rendered":"De Lima supporters launch ‘Lima2016’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Campaign logo from Lima 2016 Facebook Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Supporters of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima launched #Lima2016, a movement to push for De Lima’s senatorial bid.<\/p>\n

The group said “#Lima2016” is \u00a0\u201ca voluntary movement of individuals and groups committed to pursue democratic governance and a rights-based reform agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview, De Lima said that she is aware of the campaign but denied involvement in their activity.<\/p>\n

“It is purely an initiative of volunteers, some of whom I know (friends, classmates, sorority sisters, kababayans) and some I do not know (total strangers). I am of course heartened and humbled by such a move. Yet scared,” De Lima said.<\/p>\n

The secretary is still mum about whether she will run for Senator in 2016 or not.<\/p>\n

“So tinitingnan ko muna kung kaya ko pumasok sa mundo ng pulitika kasi hindi po ako sanay sa mundo ng pulitika… well kung trabaho syempre,\u00a0kaya po\u00a0‘yan pero the environment itself, I would not know if I’m cut out for it,” De Lima said.<\/p>\n

(I’ll have to assess if I can enter the world of politics because I am not used to it. Well, if it’s job, I believe I can, but the environment itself, I would not know if I’m cut out for it.)<\/p>\n

The movement uses the hand symbol logo, which lawyer Dahlia Salamat explained as a symbol of their support to meaningful reforms.<\/p>\n

The soft launching of the movement was held with a\u00a0flashmob along Philcoa Elliptical Road, Quezon City.<\/p>\n

A media briefing also followed in a restaurant at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.<\/p>\n

Councilor Roderick Paulate and Reps. Alfredo Vargas III and Jose Christopher “Kit”\u00a0Belmonte were among the attendees during the launching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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