" The arrest of Senator Leila de Lima shows that President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to use government to wage a personal vendetta,"It was before the National election campaign that the political battle between the Pres. Duterte and Sen. Leila de Lima has not yet ended and it was going to be infuriated and blazing. in taking advantages of the judicial system to punish the critics and haters of the anti-dr*g campaign of the present administration The Deputy Asia Director of Human Right Watch give a statement on the arrest of the former CHR Chairman and now turned Senator Leila de Lima
"Besides Congress, other “pillars of Philippine democracy” including the media and the judiciary, “should be worried about the future” because of the lengths Duterte is willing to go in order to wage his war on illegal drugs,"
He added that
"By arresting Senator Leila de Lima on politically motivated drug charges, President Duterte has effectively expanded his 'drug war' from the urban poor to the legislative branch of the government,"Preceding this week, the Human Rights Watch that supported Sen. Leila de Lima pushed the government to scrap the " politically motivated" dr*g related charges against the lady senator and implicated the government to take advantages of the judicial system to punish the critics and haters of the anti-dr*g campaign of the present administration.
De Lima from the start has the administration number one critics and instituted a senate inquiry regarding the alleged dr*g related extra-judicial kil*ings. The Human right Watch Dog smashed the present administration of the alleged disrespecting of human right that results in the number of kil*ings related to the war against dr*g.
Kine added
"It’s more important than ever that concerned lawmakers and foreign governments step up to denounce the administration’s disregard for basic human rights,"The administration strongly denied that the charges filed against de Lima were politically motivated because there is probable cause and the regional trial court has already released the warrant of arrest for the lady senator.
Source: ABS-CBN News
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