De Lima - Walang balak ang Liberal Party na makipag-alyansa sa Marcos administration | 24 Oras

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Walang planong makipag-alyansa ang major opposition party sa administrasyong Marcos ayon kay dating Senador Leila De Lima. 'Yan ay kahit pareho ang posisyon nito at ng palasyo sa ilang isyu sa bansa.

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00:00The Major Opposition Party has no plan to ally with the Marcos Administration, according to former Senator Laila de Lima.

00:09This position is the same as the one of Sandra Aguinaldo, who has been involved in several issues in the country.

00:20Even if her criminal cases are trashed under the Marcos Administration,

00:25former Senator Laila de Lima is still one of the opposition's opponents.

00:29As a speaker of the Liberal Party, she said that the party has no plans to ally with the current administration.

00:39Since you were free during the time of President Marcos, are you willing to ally with the administration?

00:50As part of the Liberal Party, we don't have such a plan.

00:53We don't talk about it.

00:56Even if we talk about it, our position is that no, we will not ally because we are an opposition.

01:06So the Liberal Party has no plans as a party to coalesce with the BBM administration for purposes of the 2025 elections.

01:20That is the position of the Liberal Party at the moment.

01:23I cannot say whether that position can change.

01:28According to de Lima, they have positions that are in line with the position of the Marcos Administration,

01:34such as the pursuit of protection of the territory of the Philippines.

01:38But they will continue to meddle if necessary.

01:42We support the position of the BBM administration, asserting all the way our sovereign rights.

01:51They have a good transparency strategy.

01:55If there are issues that are in line with the BBM Administration, why not?

02:01That's why we don't just pick and choose.

02:06We don't want to choose between the Marcos bloc or the Duterte's bloc.

02:13Again, we want to be engaged in the issues.

02:19Under the Marcos Administration, de Lima hopes that the case of Duterte in the International Criminal Court will continue,

02:28and that he can go home after his imprisonment.

02:31We hope that the process in the ICC will result in the correct outcome.

02:40And the correct outcome, of course, will be the issuance of the warrant of arrest,

02:44eventual prosecution, and ultimately imprisonment.

02:49De Lima is still fighting.

02:51But he admitted to seven years in prison.

02:54Sometimes, he also felt weak inside.

02:57He told that he was hostaged by a member of a terrorist group in 2022.

03:03According to the PNP, three men escaped from the Custodial Center.

03:09When the authorities heard about it, one of them ran to where de Lima was being held.

03:14I stood my ground. I didn't show that I was afraid.

03:18Because I had to be mentally alert.

03:21Because if you're afraid, you won't be able to think properly.

03:28I was trying to appease him.

03:30But he was also suicidal.

03:36I told him, Lord, I'll leave it up to you.

03:39I'll leave it up to you.

03:41I'll leave it up to my family if something happens.

03:45But there was a point where I said, Lord, why is this happening?

03:48That I committed suicide, that I sacrificed for so long,

03:51that was already more than six years.

03:55And then, this is what will happen to me.

03:59I'll just die here from a hostage-taking incident.

04:03In his desperation, he said he was saddened by friends who seemed to have left him.

04:10He also shared some bad news in his desperation.

04:15Even when he was separated from his family.

04:18When I heard about the deaths of relatives, friends,

04:26and then the death of Pinoy, and then of Sex Dinky, Soliman,

04:33I was really sad.

04:37When my son graduated from law school, when he was already married,

04:41he didn't let me go to his off-taking, he didn't let me go.

04:46He organized the gatherings to write and publish some books from the prison.

04:52He also had time for prayer and meditation.

04:56He also followed his schedule,

04:58and he followed it so that there would be no negative thoughts.

05:03And one thing that helped him,

05:06was taking care of stray cats that reached the age of 20.

05:11There were two or three of them,

05:13one of them would stay with me in my very small bed, a single bed.

05:18My favorite of the five, I brought them home.

05:21It's a good thing that there are cats,

05:23because it's a big thing.

05:25They helped me to overcome my sadness.

05:31The day came when he could say that he was truly free.

05:36But was he ready to ask for forgiveness from Atty. Delima?

05:40I already asked for forgiveness from those witnesses,

05:45from those who worked with those witnesses.

05:48But when it came to President Duterte,

05:53I wasn't ready.

05:54At first, did he ask for forgiveness?

05:58He didn't do that.

06:00But I didn't know.

06:01So I've been praying for the grace

06:04that I can ask for forgiveness from him.

06:09But for now, not yet.

06:11For GMA Integrated News,

06:14Sandra Aguinaldo, for Tutok, 24 hours.

De Lima - Walang balak ang Liberal Party na makipag-alyansa sa Marcos administration | 24 Oras

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