Senator De Lima tells all pains against her critics.
Senator Leila De Lima backed her critics who insist to destroy her reputation and credibility in order to gain power.
In her privilege speech on Tuesday afternoon, De Lima said to the Senate plenary that those who are ‘being used’ to stain her name are Solicitor General Jose Calida, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Justice Sec. Vitaliano Aguirre.
The Senate committee on justice chairman said the above-mentioned officials try to criticize her even without due investigation and the allegations thrown to her are all from people whom she had conflicts with while doing her mandate as Justice secretary of Former President Benigno Aquino III’s cabinet.
What pain the lady senator are the attacks being made against her by President Rodrigo Duterte’s men, especially in social media, where she was called as a drug lord coddler and protector.
“…I have been vilified and attacked, not only in social media but also by the President’s men, as a drug lord coddler and protector. I have been ridiculed and called names in social media. Photos are photoshopped, videos are spliced, lies are manufactured. The magnitude of the propaganda and misinformation is mind-boggling, considering that this is all directed at me. The lies are intended to show me as protector of the Bilibid drug lords. But the truth is I was the only Justice Secretary since the 1986 EDSA Revolution who dared to eradicate the dominion of the drug lords inside Bilibid,” said De Lima.
Despite this all, De Lima does not stop those who want to disclose of corruption, but it has to be verified and will not only be based on lies.
“Pakiusap ko lang sana ay bago nila paniwalaan ang mga kasinungalingan ng mga nasagasaan ko noon, ay suriin muna nila ang mga karakter at motibasyon ng mga taong ito. Huwag naman sana silang basta-basta na lang humusga, at patungan ako ng cardboard at balutin ng packing tape,” added De Lima.