A multi-sectoral organization over the weekend described former Justice secretary Leila de Lima as not qualified to become a senator since she is an advocate of a twisted “straight path” (tuwid na daan) guidance of governance.
Leody de Guzman, first nominee of Sanlakas in the party-list election, said De Lima was one of the leading advocates of the straight path concept of the Aquino administration that has intentionally committed crimes to the Filipino people such as massive injustice to the victims of summary executions of human rights fighter and journalists, massive unemployment and underemployment, massive contractualization, massive corruption, and protectors of plunderers in the government identified with President Benigno Aquino III.
De Lima has been the secretary of the Department of Justice since Aquino assumed his presidency in June 2010.
De Lima relinquished her post to pursue her ambition to become a senator courtesy of the Liberal Party.
De Guzman, who is also the chairman of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, said De Lima belongs to the “notorious yellow politics” being pursued by Aquino and Mar Roxas. De Guzman said Sanlakas is not lowering its guard on De Lima because she “does not deserve to become a senator since she intentionally bungled and weakened the pieces of evidence against the Janet Lim Napoles, dismissed Masbate Gov. Rizalina Seachon-Lanete, and former Apec Rep. Edgar Valdez, thus, they were allowed by the Sandiganbayan to post bail for their temporary liberty despite the numerous pieces of evidence to pin them down in their involvement in the P10-billion Priority Development Allotment Fund (PDAF) scam.”
He said De Lima is “not a true anti-corruption advocate and bearer of justice for all Filipinos” since she continued to run for the senate despite the fact that she will join with the former government official whom she slapped corruption charges against before the Office of the Ombudsman also in connection with the P10 billion PDAF scam of Napoles.
