De Lima: Calls for my remote participation very different from now

MANILA, Philippines — There is a huge difference between the current Senate Majority bloc’s call to allow remote participation in plenary sessions and her allies’ request to have her join discussions while she was detained, Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said on Wednesday. In a tweet on X, De Lima urged those comparing her situation to the Senate Majority’s proposal to think twice, as the proposals made by her allies—Minority senators who urged the chamber in 2017 to allow De Lima’s participation while waiting for the resolution of the criminal charges against her—were made through a resolution. The […]...

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