Leila de Lima is facing another complaint, this time about her admission on secret affair with driver-bodyguard.
Senator Leila de Lima is facing an administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman because of having an affair with her driver-bodyguard when she was the secretary of Department of Justice.
To recall, de Lima admitted she had an affair with Ronnie Dayan, who is hiding now due to alleged threats to his life.
Former Manila councilor Greco Belgica asked the Office of the Ombudsman to conduct an investigation on de Lima and hold her accountable for gross misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.
“(De Lima) freely and voluntarily admitted to the public through television that she had an illicit relationship with Ronnie Dayan, a married man,” he said.
“Sen. Leila de Lima has confirmed the long-running rumor that she was once in a romantic relationship with her former driver, Ronie Dayan,” Belgica added.
Belgica asked the Ombudsman to place De Lima under six-month preventive suspension during the investigation.
“Such act is illegal and clearly prejudicial to the interest of the service,” he said. “With her admission, she should be preventively suspended.”
According to the ex-councilor, a member of the Bar and officer of the court is not only required to refrain from adulterous relationships but must behave to avoid scandalizing the public.
“Respondent clearly committed a disgraceful, grossly immoral and highly reprehensible act. Such conduct is a transgression of the standards of morality required of the legal profession and should be disciplined accordingly,” Belgica said.
“The act of having sexual relations with a married person, or of married persons having sexual relations outside their marriage, is considered disgraceful and immoral conduct because such manifests deliberate disregard by the actor of the marital vows protected by the Constitution and our laws,” he added.
Belgica added that the circumstances lead to the conclusion that de Lima was grossly imprudent in managing her personal affairs.