{"id":95224,"date":"2017-03-23T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T01:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95224"},"modified":"2017-03-23T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T01:30:08","slug":"doj-solgen-no-conflict-between-positions-on-drug-raps-vs-de-lima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/23\/doj-solgen-no-conflict-between-positions-on-drug-raps-vs-de-lima\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ, SolGen: No conflict between positions on drug raps vs De Lima"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on Thursday both reiterated that there is no conflict between their positions on the criminal charges filed against detained Senator Leila de Lima before the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court. (Photo: Leila De Lima\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on Thursday both reiterated that there is no conflict between their positions on the criminal charges filed against detained Senator Leila de Lima before the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s conflict in the information filed by the panel of prosecutors and the OSG\u2019s interpretation, there should already have an amendment but we did not amend the information since there is no conflict,\u201d Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said.<\/p>\n

Aguirre made the statement in response to the claim of De Lima\u2019s lawyer, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay stating that there is a discrepancy between the two offices’ positions during the oral argument on De Lima\u2019s petition before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

De Lima, currently detained at PNP custodial center in Camp Crame after she was charged before a Muntinlupa court with three counts of violation of Section 5 of the drugs law, which penalizes the “sale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation of illegal drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Section 5 of RA 9165 penalizes the \u201csale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation of illegal drugs while Section 26 (b) penalizes \u201cany attempt or conspiracy to commit sale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation of any dangerous drugs.<\/p>\n

For his part, Solicitor General Jose Calida echoed Aguirre\u2019s position, saying there is no truth to Hilbay\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very clear there is no conflict between our positions. The conflict is just a figment of their imagination,\u201d Calida said.<\/p>\n

The next oral argument on the petition is set for March 28, where the government side represented by Calida is set to present arguments on the case.<\/p>\n

Calida is representing Muntinlupa RTC Judge Juanita Guerrero and the Philippine National Police as respondents in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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