While he is in Beijing, President Duterte says De Lima will experience what Former President GMA did.
BEIJING, China – President Rodrigo Duterte is convinced that Senator Leila de Lima will experience what former president and now Pampanga Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) had experienced.
In a press conference at Beijing during his four-day visit in China, President Duterte said that De Lima will have the same fate with GMA who spent years in jail.
GMA was only freed when Duterte, her political ally, has assumed office.
According to President Duterte, he believes that there are strong and concrete evidences and testimonies that could pin Senator De Lima down to charges on conspiracy to illegal drugs trafficking, including the alleged manufacture of prohibited substances inside the New Bilibid Prison.
“She will rot in jail”, said the president.
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