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"While it is within the prerogative of the Philippine government as the host country, through the DFA, to set reasonable parameters for the visit of the UN special rapporteurs and other UN probers, I find questionable the announced rule that it is the government that will decide the places to be visited and the persons to be interviewed by these probers," De Lima said. </div>
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"What kind of investigation can we expect if the government is going to decide how the investigation is going to be conducted by UN rapporteur's team?" </div>
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Last Thursday, Duterte invited officials of the UN and European Union (EU) to conduct a probe on his war on drugs. </div>
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On the same day, the DFA laid down protocols that UN rapporteurs and EU rights experts must agree to before they are allowed to visit the country -- including a prohibition on visiting slum areas, where most of the victims of summary executions live. </div>
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DFA Secretary Charles Jose said foreign investigators will not be allowed to go there for safety reasons. </div>
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De Lima, however, deemed the parameters as "censorship and control" that will only assail the probe's independence. </div>
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"What is the sense of inviting independent probers if they are not going to be allowed freedom of movement and action, and are going to be dictated upon on the extent of their visits and sources of information? </div>
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"Under any standards, an investigation under such constraints can no longer be deemed independent. Protocol does not mean censorship and control over the ability of the UN team to conduct an independent, credible and exhaustive probe," she pointed out. </div>
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Over 1,700 drug suspects have been killed since Duterte won the elections in May, based on monitoring by the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group. A total of 1,020 people were killed in police operations and 581 killed by unidentified assailants from May 10 to September 21. </div>
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It was De Lima who filed Monday a Senate resolution urging the executive department to invite UN experts to look into the spate of drug-related killings. </div>
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Her resolution was filed on the same day that she was ousted as chair of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, a capacity in which she led a legislative inquiry on the rising death toll of the war on drug. </div>
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MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima questioned Sunday the guidelines set by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for United Nations (UN) offi...

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<b>MANILA – A member of majority-aligned Liberal Party (LP) warned the administration against going after former President Benigno Aquino III, after the justice department implied someone </b></div>
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<i><b>"higher than Senator Leila de Lima" may have benefited from the illegal drug trade at the national penitentiary.</b></i><br />
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<b><br /><i>"Who was higher than De Lima? They have to really be careful. Kapag dinamay na si PNoy, di na natin alam [kung ano ang mangyayari]," said Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat.</i></b></div>
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<b>[When they involve PNoy, we won't know what will happen.]</b></div>
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<b><br /><i>"I'm not saying biglang magbabago ang alignments—that remains to be seen."</i></b></div>
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<b>[I'm not saying alignments will suddenly change—that remains to be seen.]</b></div>
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<b><br />It is not only LP legislators who might become involved, Baguilat said, but also those close to Aquino and officials of the previous administration.</b></div>
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<b><br /><i>"Di ko na alam ano magiging reaksyon ng kasamahan namin right now, except for a few of us na ang mindset is tahimik ka na lang muna," he said.</i></b></div>
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<b>[I don't know how other legislators will react, except for a few of us who are set to keep quiet for now.]</b></div>
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<b><br />During a House probe regarding the alleged involvement of De Lima in the illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre implied the connection of an official higher than De Lima.</b></div>
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<b><br />This was decried by De Lima, who served as Justice Secretary during Aquino's term.</b></div>
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<b><br /><i>"Is my president also a beneficiary of these things? You know PNoy. [These accusations are] very outlandish, very outrageous. They are becoming so reckless…it's getting to be laughable," she told the media on Thursday.</i></b><br /><br /><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;">'Secretary Aquirre and his operators are a mafia of lies and intrigues, who go to bed with criminal convicts just to get their perjured testimonies,' Senator Leila De Lima says</span></h2>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">MAFIA OF LIES. Senator Leila De Lima denies owning millions and billions in her bank accounts, as she calles Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre of leading a 'mafia of lies.' Photo by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler</span></h3>
<b>MANILA, Philippines – Neophyte Senator Leila De Lima strongly denied owning millions and billions of pesos in her bank accounts, as she called her accuser and successor Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and his men a “mafia of lies.”<br /><br />In response to Aguirre, De Lima said these allegedly questionable accounts are only fabricated to malign her.<br /><br /><i>“I have no millions or billions in my bank accounts. And I have no dummy accounts. Any alleged accounts that would be linked to me and my alleged drug links can only be fictitious,” De Lima told reporters in a text message.</i><br /><br />De Lima then slammed Aguirre for faking testimonies and evidence against her.<br /><br /><i>“Secretary Aquirre and his operators are a mafia of lies and intrigues, who go to bed with criminal convicts just to get their perjured testimonies,” she said.</i><br />It was Aguirre who said that the Anti Money Laundering Council has submitted bank documents allegedly showing that P500 million to P1 billion were transferred to De Lima’s accounts.<br /><br />Aguirre also earlier claimed that two former staff of De Lima testified against the senator and purportedly submitted bank deposit slips. The two, however, publicly denied it.<br /><br />Why allow Aguirre?<br /><br />De Lima also hit the House of Representaties for allowing Aguirre, a member of the executive, to lead a congressional inquiry.<br /><br />She questioned why Aguirre was allowed to examine the same witnesses he brought to the hearing. She pointed out such leeway was not granted to the Senate, when administration allies conducted <i>“uninhibited and grueling cross-examination” of witness Edgar Matobato.</i><br /><br />Matobato is a self-confessed hitman of the Davao Death Squad, who accused President Duterte of ordering killings when he was Davao City mayor.<br /><br /><i>“The House allows Aguirre to conduct the examination of his own witnesses, while in the Senate Matobato is subjected to uninhibited gruelling cross-examination, at times with misleading questions designed to confuse a Grade 1 dropout,” De Lima said</i>.<br /><br />De Lima is a subject of a House probe into the proliferation of illegal drugs in the national penitentiary. Convicts, criminals, and gang leaders have accused her of receiving drug money – something that the senator has vehemently denied.<br /><br />De Lima earlier said the witnesses against her in the House probe were either pressured or tortured by the government. </b><br /><br /><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/147120-de-lima-denies-millions-bank-accounts?utm_content=bufferfa190&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer">RAPPLER</a>

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DAVAO CITY - At one point in former President Benigno Aquino III's final State of the Nation Address (SONA) exactly one year ago, three of his possible successors -- Jejomar Binay, Grace Poe and Mar Roxas.<br />
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Not knowing that they forgot to include then Davao City Mayor now President Rodrigo Duterte, who was just sitting on a monobloc chair at the People's Park in Davao City.</div>
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Duterte at that time was watching Aquino's last SONA with Davaoenos while he was on standby for a live interview on ANC.</div>
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The photo trended online as netizens said it was unexpected that the Mindanaoan candidate, who was reluctant to run for president at first, won by a big margin in the May 9 elections against presidential candidates who have long expressed their interest in the position.</div>
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MANILA- Marine Lt. Col. Ferdinand Marcelino on Friday said Senator Leila de Lima may have tried to use him to gain sympathy.</div>
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The former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intelligence officer said De Lima should have asked his permission before showing the text messages he sent to his "mistah".</div>
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Responding to the question on whether he feels that he is being used by the senator, Marcelino replied: "On the aspect na pwede naman siyang (De Lima) magpaalam sa akin pero hindi siya nagpaalam, pwede po. I mean pwedeng she tried to use me."</div>
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He reiterated that nobody pressured him to speak against De Lima and that he was surprised when the senator showed to media his text messages.</div>
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"Nobody pressured or coerced me to speak against Sen. De Lima. As a matter of fact, in her press conferences showing those privilege exchanges of communication between me and my classmates, I did not give any consent to her neither did she approach or call me to ask permission if she can show it to the media that's why i was surprised," Marcelino said.</div>
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"If I will be summoned on any forum at the Senate or Congress or any inquiry I am only on the side of truth," he added.</div>
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Marcelino also shared what he discussed with De Lima who visited him while he was detained.</div>
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He said he only explained his case to De Lima, who was then justice secretary, in the hopes that she could help in his release.</div>
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"I said ma'am you know very well that I've been working with you, kasama niyo kong nagtatrabaho," Marcelino said.</div>
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In January 2016, the Department of Justice looked into a complaint of the Philippine National Police-Anti Illegal Drugs Group (PNP-AIDG) and PDEA against Marcelino who was arrested in a drug raid at a shabu laboratory in Manila.</div>
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The DOJ later dismissed the criminal complaint against him.</div>
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Asked regarding the testimony of Bilibid inmates against De Lima, Marcelino said: "In my own little way as an ordinary person, iyung tingin ko po eh yung sinasabi nila eh mula naman talaga sa kanila."</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Marcelino, who was accompanied by Public Attorney's Office chief Persida Acosta, has filed a motion to quash his re-opened drug case and arrest order.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II says also under investigation are several corporations, where some of the stockholders reportedly have connections to drug lords</span></h2>
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Also being investigated are several corporations, where some of the stockholders reportedly have connections to drug lords.<br />
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Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II told reporters on Friday, September 23, that the NBI had received from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) the bank records that the bureau requested.<br />
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Aguirre met with AMLC officials on Thursday.<br />
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He refused to name De Lima’s friends whose bank transactions are being investigated.<br />
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“I’m not at liberty to say something about that because that is confidential. Under the AMLC rules, the report provided to us is just to help up dig deeper for evidence, and we can only reveal this if there is already a case filed in court,” the justice secretary said.<br />
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Still, he said, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has sufficient evidence to file a case against the lady senator.<br />
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The DOJ has accused De Lima of tolerating drug trading inside the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary, because the drug lords allegedly delivered bribe money to her through her reported driver-boyfriend Ronnie Dayan.<br />
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Convicts who testified in the congressional hearing on the proliferation of drugs in the national penitentiary claimed the bribe money they paid was for De Lima’s 2016 senatorial campaign.<br />
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De Lima has denied all the allegations made by the DOJ chief and the witnesses.<br />
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The first time Aguirre made the allegations on Thursday that she had millions, even billions, of pesos in her bank accounts, De Lima said: “Secretary Aquirre and his operators are a mafia of lies and intrigues, who go to bed with criminal convicts just to get their perjured testimonies.” <br />
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<br />MANILA – After being ousted as chair of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, and facing a probe at the House, Senator Leila de Lima is now uncertain of her fate.<br /><br /><i>"I do not know where all of this will end for me," De Lima said in her privilege speech a day after her committee ouster.</i><br />She is facing an ethics complaint before the Senate, an election protest before the Senate electoral tribunal, and is the subject of investigations of the House and Justice department on the proliferation of illegal drugs at the national penitentiary.<br /><br />On top of all this, she is also subject to attacks from President Rodrigo Duterte during his public appearances.<br /><br />De Lima's ouster discourages opposition for fear of repercussions, said University of the Philippines Political Science Professor Ranjit Rye and De Lima's party mate, Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat.<br /><br /><i>"Technically she could have been expelled, but I don’t think the Senate would do something as unprecedented and go that far. It’s a chilling effect...if you go beyond bounds and attack the president in a particular way, this is what happens," Rye said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.</i><br /><br />In a separate interview, Baguilat said the swiftness of De Lima’s removal as head of the Senate justice committee provokes fear in people with opposing views.<br /><br /><i>"Kapag mayroon ka talagang paninindigan o paniniwala na di sang-ayon sa posisyon ng president, then baka maparusahan ka," he said, and added that this is not a good development as there are lawmakers who do not agree with the administration's stand on certain issues such as the lowering of the age of juvenile criminality, and imposition of the death penalty.</i><br /><br /><i>"But siyempre, ang aming expectation is 'pag nagcrack na ng whip ang administration, marami ang susunod sa posisyon," he said.</i><br /><br />Baguilat also reeled from the negative feedback received by administration critics.<br /><br /><i>"Ang napapansin ko, pag yung criticism is on the drug war, medyo matindi yung response, talagang iniipit gawa ng nangyari kay Senator De Lima," he said.</i><br /><br /><b>ENEMY OF THE STATE</b><br />Critics of the war on drugs are also painted as an enemy of the state or "yellow."<br /><br /><i>"Kung tutuusin, the Liberal Party (LP) has already aligned with this administration in both Houses. Ang official party is stand is that we are with the majority, so saan nanggagaling ito?" Baguilat said.</i><br /><br />It is a good thing that they are still free to talk about other issues such as charter change, the possible suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, or possible constitutional dictatorship, he said.<br /><br />However, Rye said that despite a chilling effect and the absence of a formal opposition party, the opposition is not dead.<br /><br /><i>"Is the opposition dead? In terms of an opposition party, it doesn't exist but in terms of people who criticize, there are still many."</i><br /><br />This, he said, is a consequence of the Philippines' weak party system.<br /><br /><i>"I would have hoped the LP as the only remaining coherent party in the senate would have taken a position as the opposition, but they decided to play a more constructive role in the majority," Rye said</i>.<div>
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SOURCE: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/09/23/16/de-limas-woes-send-chills-down-critics-spine">ABS-CBN</a></div>

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