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MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has the legal authority to allow the country to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) without the need for Senate concurrence, former Senate president Franklin Drilon said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 3:27 p.m.) — Former Senator Leila de Lima said that individuals against the Philippines rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC) are primarily serving the interests of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
FORMER justice secretary and now Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra yesterday maintained that he acted in accordance with the law when he continued the move of his predecessor at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to use convicts as government witnesses in the drug charges that the Duterte administration filed against former senator Leila de Lima.
MANILA, Philippines — Pito pang testigo ang nagpahayag ng pag-atras sa kanilang mga testimonya sa kaso sa iligal na droga na kinakaharap ni dating senador Leila De Lima.
MANILA, Philippines — Ilan pang witnesses na dati nang tumestigo laban kay dating Sen. Leila de Lima ang nagpahayag ng kanilang kagustuhang bawiin ang mga naunang testimonya kaugnay ng huling drug case ng opposition figure.
The release of former senator Leila de Lima, the filing of criminal charges of grave threats against former president Rodrigo Duterte, the removal of the Confidential and Intelligence Fund from the budgets of the vice president and DepEd secretary, as well as rumors of possible impeachment charges against the vice president, all these are not unconnected events. They are all designed to disable a political opponent in 2028. Even a freshman Law student can draw an obvious political hypothesis.
The recent release from a police detention center of former Senator Leila de Lima could not come at the most opportune time. Why so? The lower court decision best demonstrated how the justice system in the Philippines works, albeit painstakingly slow.
MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed for lack of due process the Office of the Ombudsman’s dismissal of former senator Leila de Lima’s complaints against former justice secretaries Vitaliano Aguirre and Menardo Guevarra over the use of convicted criminals as state witnesses in her drug cases.