President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. will let the courts decide on whether former senator Leila de Lima will be given home furlough after she was briefly taken hostage at the PNP Custodial Center on Sunday, a Palace official said Tuesday.
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will let the courts decide on whether former senator Leila de Lima will be given home furlough after she was briefly taken hostage at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center on Sunday, a Palace official said Tuesday.
At a press briefing, Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil was asked for reaction on the suggestion of Senator Imee Marcos to offer home furlough for the former lawmaker."Ang mga kaso po ni De Lima nasa korte na. So hayaan na lang po natin ang mga abogado niya to make the proper motion and the President cannot and will not intervene in any case that’s already with the courts," she said.
Asked about calls to release De Lima who is detained over drug-related charges, Garafil said: "As I said, we’ll leave it up to the courts to decide if she’s going to be freed based on the evidence or merits of her case." After the hostage incident, Marcos said he would speak with De Lima and ask her if she wants to be transferred to another detention facility. He alsoto ensure that this incident will not happen again in any detention center.
De Lima, a former Justice secretary and a staunch critic of the Duterte administration, has been detained at the PNP Custodial Center since February 2017.One of the three drug charges against her has already been
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