{"id":90197,"date":"2017-02-18T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90197"},"modified":"2017-02-18T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T11:00:18","slug":"rtc-has-no-jurisdiction-on-de-limas-case-lp-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/18\/rtc-has-no-jurisdiction-on-de-limas-case-lp-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"RTC has no jurisdiction on De Lima\u2019s case\u2013LP senators"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90198\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Philippine-senator-Leila-de-Lima.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90198\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Philippine-senator-Leila-de-Lima.jpg\" alt=\"This statement was issued the same day three drug-related charges were filed against De Lima (center) in the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal\/Senate of the Philippines on Facebook)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Philippine-senator-Leila-de-Lima.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Philippine-senator-Leila-de-Lima-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Philippine-senator-Leila-de-Lima-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Philippine-senator-Leila-de-Lima-1024x597.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This statement was issued the same day three drug-related charges were filed against De Lima (center) in the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/senateph\" target=\"_blank\">Senate of the Philippines on Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Senators belonging to Liberal Party (LP) on Friday said that the Regional Trial Court (RTC) lacks the jurisdiction over the criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against one of its members, Sen. Leila de Lima.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, the LP senators asserted that the the Sandiganbayan, not the RTC, has jurisdiction over the case as the alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade was supposedly committed when she was Justice Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>LP senators include Senate Pres. Pro-Tempore Franklin Drilon, senators Paolo Benigno Aquino, and Francis Pangilinan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assert that the Ombudsman has primary jurisdiction over cases against public officers cognizable by the Sandiganbayan,\u201d LP said.<\/p>\n<p>This statement was issued the same day three drug-related charges were filed against De Lima in the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolation of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which is the DOJ&#8217;s case against Sen. De Lima, falls under \u2018other offenses committed by public officials\u2019 listed in the Sandiganbayan Law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group questioned the ruling the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued without hearing De Lima\u2019s side of the story stressing that she was not yet able to file her counter-affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>They also appealed for total impartiality in the dispensation of justice and asked Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to inhibit from all cases filed against De Lima.<\/p>\n<p>If De Lima\u2019s warrant of arrest is served, the LP said that it would also be a violation of legal proceedings and is therefore a violation of her Constitutional right to due process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Senators belonging to Liberal Party (LP) on Friday said that the Regional Trial Court (RTC) lacks the jurisdiction over the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":90198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","category-politics","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}