By Bayawanon
It is my humble opinion that there is no case to talk about against Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, that the recent criminal cases she is facing involving illegal drugs now are just machinations and inventions of her political nemesis the current Philippine supreme national leader. It is clear and unequivocal that her mortal political enemy is getting back at her because of her opposition to the extra judicial killings happening in the Philippines which are connected to the DRUG WAR of the president and to the investigations of her office when she was still Chairwoman of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights and when she was still Secretary of Justice in conjunction with violation of human rights allegedly done by the president when he was still Mayor of the highly urbanized City of Davao.
To me, there is no case to talk about against the very valiant senator on the following grounds to wit: 1.) There are no evidences presented by the prosecution in court aside from the oral manifestations of its witnesses mostly composed of convicted criminals; 2.) As can be gleaned from the Senate and House investigations the statements of the witnesses cannot corroborate with each other; 3.) The alleged crime committed by de Lima happened when she was still Secretary of Justice hence her cases fall under the "ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES" which are under the the cognizance of the Ombudsman and not under the Department of Justice as the prosecutorial body and under the jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan and not under the ambit of the Regional Trial Court as the one to try her cases.
As to the first ground of the dismissal of the criminal cases of Senator Leila de Lima, the oral manifestations of the convicted felons can easily be manipulated by the legal team of the president by giving them paroles and important benefits in relation to their incarceration at the National Bilibid Prisons. In conjunction to this, there are no other evidence/s that would point de Lima to the illegal drug trade happening at the NBP during her time as Secretary of Justice.
Regarding to the second ground for the dismissal of the former Justice Chief's pending criminal cases in connection to her alleged violation of the DANGEROUS DRUGS LAW, the same must be dropped since the manifestations of the witnesses would not corroborate or would not jibe with each other not to mention the fact that they are convicting felons thereby making their testimonies very questionable because of their highly controversial situation.
As to the third and last ground for the dropping of the criminal cases against the honorable senator, the Department of Justice as duly represented by the Regional State Prosecutor has no right to prosecute de Lima's cases in the same vein that the Regional Trial Court has no jurisdiction to try and hear her cases. Her alleged protection of the drug trade in the National Bilibid Prisons is a CORRUPT act and would not constitute a violation of the DANGEROUS DRUGS LAW but a violation of the ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES LAW. Violation/s of the anti graft law would be investigated by the Ombudsman and would be under the jurisdiction of the graft court known otherwise as the Sandiganbayan strictly speaking.
In view of the foregoing premises it is my humble view that the cases of Senator de Lima are nothing but a farce and must be dismissed for lack of evidence and for lack of jurisdiction in the same footing that its records have no legal weight and credence and must be thrown to the smokey mountain, since continuing this farce would tantamount to a MOCKERY OF JUSTICE.
