Senator Leila De Lima vows to keep campaigning against killings related to illegal drugs. (AFP)
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that the drug trafficking charges filed against opposition Senator Leila de Lima are accurate despite her supporters’ outcry.
The President said it’s puzzling how De Lima, now on her 1,000th day behind bars, spent for her Senate bid in the 2016 elections when she doesn’t have any means to finance her campaign.
“The greatest insult that I have received from these people is they refused to understand that the case against De Lima is true and accurate. They took the line of the left that she is a political prisoner,” Duterte said during the 80th Founding Anniversary of the Department of National Defense at Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday night.
“On my oath as President, I’m telling you, it is true. If she really did collect money, why? She was not into business but ambitions can blind you. That is why you need money to run for senator. You need millions to do that.”
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The President called De Lima greedy for aspiring “for things which you cannot afford and really want to get it.”
De Lima has been detained at the PNP Custodial Center since February 2017 for allegedly pocketing money from convicted crime lords detained at the National Bilibid Prisons while serving as Justice Secretary under former President Benigno Aquino III.
President Rodrigo Duterte confers an Outstanding Achievement Medal on a female soldier during the 80th anniversary celebration of the Department of National Defense at Camp Aguinaldo on 20 November 2019. (PCOO)
Duterte also lambasted De Lima for allowing herself to be filmed while supposedly making love with Ronnie Dayan, her former driver whom the senator admitted became her lover.
“De Lima, before that, was secretary. She allowed to be filmed when she was having sexual intercourse with her driver, who was the collector. And that picture has been making the rounds. You saw it all,” Duterte said.
“And she does not deny it now. Maybe she would tell us that those are fake. Well, we can submit it to any expert if you want.”
Duterte and De Lima will both serve out their six-year terms in 2022.
