De Lima's well and fortunes turned into great tragedy

<div class="hidepic" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1iQX_xLIx-6Ewp5O98LLkek8OugalzXY_dJUbWPNE8TNcFsImzIV3Loa5xBn6dph1eX-5WmLQlhRLK7Jn6IHFBiW9-V34sm-WLnNmWB38Wn_4P18BcVTyFtkDPOsny87U1ky3A1QXx8b/s1600/De+limaw.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Commission on Human Rights is facing its “toughest challenge” ever —“crisis of democracy,” detained Senator Leila de Lima said Friday." border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1iQX_xLIx-6Ewp5O98LLkek8OugalzXY_dJUbWPNE8TNcFsImzIV3Loa5xBn6dph1eX-5WmLQlhRLK7Jn6IHFBiW9-V34sm-WLnNmWB38Wn_4P18BcVTyFtkDPOsny87U1ky3A1QXx8b/s400/De+limaw.png" title="READ ►De Lima's is now facing "Crisis of Democracy" and considered as her "toughest challenge"♥" /></a></div> <br /> The Commission on Human Rights is facing its “toughest challenge” ever —“crisis of democracy,” detained Senator Leila de Lima said Friday.<br /> <br /> De Lima, a former CHR chief, said the country is in a crisis “where citizens are silenced amid the prevalence of flagrant violations of our fundamental rights.”<br /> <br /> “[It is] where lies and rumors are fabricated to poison our minds by some forces in our State for the sake of their political and personal agendas.”<br /> <br /> De Lima, a staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is currently detained at the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame over her alleged involvement in the proliferation of illegal drugs inside the national penitentiary during her term as Justice secretary.<br /> <br /> She was the chairperson of the CHR during the administration of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.<br /> <br /> During her stint at the commission, she led the investigation on the killings allegedly perpetrated by the so-called Davao Death Squad, supposedly upon orders of Duterte, then Davao City's mayor.<br /> <br /> “It is in this institution (CHR) where I learned the value of human life and human dignity, regardless of one’s status,” De Lima said.<br /> <br /> “Now more than ever, the commission needs to have a united stand in fighting this crisis, to continue fighting for the welfare and rights of our people, especially the marginalized who are often the victims of injustice in our society,” she added.<br /> <br /> The CHR, under chairperson Chito Gascon, is celebrating its 30th founding anniversary Friday.<br /> <br /> United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Agnes Callamard was one of the guest speakers at the CHR's pre-anniversary event on Thursday evening.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/%E2%80%98crisis-of-democracy%E2%80%99-is-chr%E2%80%99s-toughest-challenge-%E2%80%94de-lima/ar-BBALaQn">Source link</a></div>

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President Duterte is confident that De Lima will be imprisoned forever

<div class="hidepic" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBMH24LZ-jhSW6chyEXUBmABHUbduY4Ct6-kF3x46jY32TnG54F0QbCAnaStvyLm3H6dfjsrshvPGFhu8eNFtffvp_yn_DvlDZ8IhvfIdXMcp4x8W7lFtW-mmLzGBTRbQ0_oVccY1nmh2/s1600/De+lima+will+rot+in+jail.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="President Duterte is confident that De Lima will be imprisoned forever" border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBMH24LZ-jhSW6chyEXUBmABHUbduY4Ct6-kF3x46jY32TnG54F0QbCAnaStvyLm3H6dfjsrshvPGFhu8eNFtffvp_yn_DvlDZ8IhvfIdXMcp4x8W7lFtW-mmLzGBTRbQ0_oVccY1nmh2/s400/De+lima+will+rot+in+jail.png" title="READ► "Duterte" - De Lima will rot in jail - Read full here" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> BEIJING – A House panel may have refused to recommend criminal charges against Sen. Leila de Lima, but President Duterte is confident that the former justice secretary “will rot in jail” for involvement in the illegal drug trade.<br /> <br /> Duterte told reporters here yesterday that he saw De Lima suffering the fate of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was placed in hospital detention without bail during the administration of former president Benigno Aquino III on charges of corruption and poll cheating.<br /> <br /> The charges were eventually dismissed, allowing her<br /> <br /> to attend House sessions during her third term as representative of Pampanga’s second district.<br /> <br /> Interestingly, De Lima was the justice secretary when the cases against Arroyo were filed.<br /> <br /> “The testimonies of those who lined up there previously, and given the test of the crucible of direct and cross-examination and put it to the test, I am telling you now, she is in danger of going to jail,” Duterte said here. “And remember, the moment the indictments are filed in court, there is no bail. And she could (experience) what Gloria Arroyo suffered.”<br /> <br /> De Lima is being investigated by the Department of Justice on accusations that she collected money from drug lords to finance her senatorial bid during the 2016 polls. Inmates of the New Bilibid Prison also claimed during congressional hearings that De Lima had granted special privileges to high-value convicts when she was justice secretary.<br /> <br /> De Lima has denied the allegations and claimed that Duterte is out to assassinate her character because she has been critical of his brutal war on drugs. She also predicted that Duterte would be embarrassed for making false allegations.<br /> <br /> But the President is convinced that the inmates who tagged De Lima in the narcotics trade were telling the truth. He has portrayed De Lima in several speeches as the example of a narco politician.<br /> <br /> “You think those officials who testified against her were lying? These so many NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) agents and all? And her odious character,” he said. “She (talks) as if she is raising the view of womanhood to take away the heat (from her)…If those (drug) connections are true, she will rot in jail. She will rot in jail. It’s no bail because not only did she encourage (and allow) shabu to enter (the penitentiary) in and out, she was a principal by direct participation.”<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/10/20/1635477/duterte-de-lima-will-rot-jail"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source link</span></a></div>

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List of government executives involved in drugs will make you vomit according to Palace

A PALACE official described the list of government and police officials allegedly tied to illegal drug syndicates as something that “will make you vomit.”<br /> <br /> “What I know is that I’ve seen the matrix and the drug matrix of those who are highly, allegedly involved in the sale of illegal drugs. What I can only tell you, that if you see the matrix, you’ll probably say that it is really unbelievable that ganoon kadami, na ganoon kadami na ’yung mga involved,” Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on state-run radio dzRB on Sunday.<br /> <br /> “Masusuka ka ’pag makita mo,” he added.<br /> <br /> Andanar said that there are 1.8 million people involved in illegal drugs, citing conservative estimates from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).<br /> The Palace official said that the President will name other “persons of interest” soon.<br /> <br /> Duterte’s public shaming of police and government officials who are allegedly involved in illegal drugs began on July 5 when he named active and retired police generals as coddlers of drug lords.<br /> <br /> The generals – retired police deputy director general Marcelo Garbo, Jr., retired police general and newly-elected Daanbantayan, Cebu mayor Vicente Loot, former National Capital Region Police Office head Chief Supt. Joel Pagdilao, former Quezon City Police District director Chief Supt. Edgardo Tinio, and Western Visayas regional director Chief Supt. Bernardo Diaz – denied the charge.<br /> <br /> On July 7, the President linked Wu Tuan alias “Peter Co,” Herbert Colangco alias “Ampang” and Peter Lim alias “Jaguar ” to a triad running the illegal drug trade in the country.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> Source: <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/796604/list-of-govt-execs-with-drug-ties-will-make-you-vomit-palace" target="_blank">INQUIRER</a></div> <br /> <br /> <br />

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