De Lima: Who do I run to for justice?
Senator Leila de Lima speaks at a mass for Option for Life at the CBCP Chapel in Manila on Monday, October 10, 2016 in celebration of the World Day Against Death Penalty. GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday cried for justice amid alleged continued acts of oppression and persecution against her, including the latest report on her alleged sex video now being sold in Quiapo.
“Syempre kasama na yan sa mga kabulastugan na mga ginagawa nila so meron na ring mga mercenaries dyan and sana alam nila yan, they realize na labag sa batas yan, yung Anti-Voyeurism Act na may mga ipinapakalat silang ganyan, mga pinapakita nila. Labag po yan sa batas,” De Lima told reporters when sought to react on the alleged video.
(Of course, it’s part of their ploy, so there would already be mercenaries there and I hope they know that, they realize that it’s against the law. The Anti-Voyeurism Act counters what they are spreading. That’s against the law.)
“Kaya lang kanino ako dudulog para imbestigahan yan? Kanino ako dudulog para aksyunan yan? PNP ba? NBI ba? DOJ ba? E magkakakuntsaba sila lahat dyan sa paghananap at pagpa-fabricate ng mga ebidensya na yan laban sa akin so yan nga ang aking predicament ngayon.”
(But who do I run to to investigate that? Who do I run to to seek action on it? The PNP? The NBI? Is it the DOJ? They’re all accomplices there in finding and fabricating evidence against me, so that’s my predicament now.)
“Syempre kelangan ko rin ng hustisya. Justice against dyan sa mga kasinungalingan na yan, sa sobrang panggigipit sa akin, acts of oppression, acts of persecution. I do need, and I cry, for justice,” the senator added.
(Of course, I also need justice. Justice against those lies, their acts of oppression, acts of persecution. I do need, and I cry, for justice.)
READ: De Lima video not shown but lurid details bared in House probe
Some congressmen initially wanted to play the video in the House of Representatives’ investigation on illegal drugs but did not push through with it amid strong criticism.
Even the Senate adopted a resolution to oppose the showing of the video. CDG/rga
