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00:00 Some former officials of the Duterte administration questioned the court's decision to return the testimony of some witnesses,
00:10 which is why the case against former Senator Laila de Lima was brought to the fore.
00:15 But the lawyer of de Lima is not the reason why the court granted the bail.
00:22 He is referring to Chino Gaston.
00:27 Vitaliano Aguirre is the current Justice Secretary of the former Senator Laila de Lima's case
00:33 because of his involvement in the Belivid drug trade.
00:37 Now that the court granted bail to de Lima, Aguirre said,
00:44 I'll still stand by the evidence of what we gathered, but we won't fight if we don't believe it.
00:52 I know that she suffered enough.
00:54 I welcome this development and I'm glad that she has finally gained her freedom.
01:06 At least she recognized that I suffered enough. I suffered more than enough.
01:11 I hope he does realize it and I hope he's sincere in saying that.
01:15 He knows the role that he has played in all of this.
01:19 I stand by my innocence and I'm pretty certain that I will be fully vindicated in due time.
01:27 Former President Rodrigo Duterte has not yet given his own statement on the release of de Lima.
01:33 But some of his former officials have questions on the court's decision on the recantation or recovery of testimony
01:41 of some witnesses against de Lima who claimed to have weakened the evidence against de Lima.
01:46 It sends a dangerous message that people should lie in court.
01:51 Those who lied in court should be punished to the full extent of the law.
01:56 Former Presidential Legal Counsel Attorney Salvador Panelo said,
02:00 the witnesses who forced or threatened to testify against de Lima were not proven.
02:08 De Lima's lawyer is wondering where the former officials of the Duterte administration came from.
02:16 Judge Guito's decision is clear that the recantation of witnesses is not based on giving the testimony,
02:24 but on the prosecution's weakness in proving the evidence that the accused are guilty.
02:31 I hope they had the chance to read the decision.
02:35 If they did, they would have realized that the court did not resolve the bail application of the accused on the basis of the recantation.
02:45 The burden of prosecution in opposing the application for bail is to prove that the evidence is strong against the accused.
02:54 At this time, it has not reached the quantum that our law requires.
03:02 One of de Lima's thanks after the bail hearing is President Bongbong Marcos.
03:07 But Senator Aimee Marcos said that her brother had nothing to do with the court's decision.
03:14 For GMA Integrated News, Shino Gaston, 24 Hours.
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