Muntilupa RTC acquits de Lima in another drug case | Joel R. San Juan

THE Regional Trial Court of Muntinlupa City Branch 204 yesterday acquitted former senator Leila de Lima of the conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading inside the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City on the ground of “reasonable doubt.”

De Lima was immediately brought back to her detention cell at the Philippine National Police - Custodial Center following the promulgation. De Lima also asked her supporters to continue praying for her while she is still awaiting the result of her petition for bail in the third and remaining drug case. It can be recalled that there were three drug cases filed against de Lima during the term of her political nemesis, former President Rodrigo Duterte, which she maintained were all fabricated.

Reacting to de Lima’s second acquittal, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said: “The rule of law has prevailed and it just points out to us that the independence of the judiciary is a basic foundation of our democratic system. So it’s good, it’s good for us.” Branch 204 Presiding Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara gave weight to the recantation of prosecution’s main witness, former officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Corrections Rafael Ragos, in junking the drug case.

The money, according to Ragos, came from the proceeds of the drug operations of several high-profile inmates inside the NBP. Ragos accused then Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre of coercing him to execute an affidavit implicating De Lima in the NBP drug trade.

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