De Lima: Those who believed in Duterte drug war 'duped'

The Manila Times

De Lima: Those who believed in Duterte drug war 'duped'  Former senator and Justice secretary Leila de Lima, in a press briefing at the House of Representatives on Oct. 22, 2024, after her testimony on the drug killings under the Duterte administration, believes that those who supported the drug war were 'duped.'   Video by Red Mendoza  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes #tmtnews  #duterte #philippines

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00:00On my end, of course, there's still the politics angle on it because it comes to us that it's a witch-hunting operation,

00:11that you're out to get the former president.

00:14Of course, on social media, the anti-dilemma forces always denounce you,

00:20that there are a lot of things being said that you're out to get the former president.

00:24What's your take on this?

00:25It's about truth and justice and accountability.

00:32It's not a matter of vendetta or vengeance.

00:36It's about justice.

00:39Because I'm already a victim.

00:41It's not just the thousands who were killed.

00:44So it's not about that.

00:46What political considerations are they talking about?

00:49I was right there as one of the earliest victims of detention.

00:55It's an EJ case.

00:58They took my reputation away from me.

01:03So don't you think anyone else would do the same?

01:07To really search more for truth and demand for accountability for what they did to me.

01:14It wasn't easy.

01:16The fact that it was an unprecedented case of persecution.

01:2090% of your critics say that they approve of the drug war.

01:28But you, ma'am, you're one of the biggest critics.

01:31That's not a good thing.

01:33What the pro-Duterte critics are saying is that he overwhelmingly approved of the drug war.

01:42So what can you say about that?

01:44We saw that.

01:45I think you know that.

01:47At the height of the war on drugs, at the height of the killings,

01:51a lot of people went against him.

01:54A lot of people believe that it's a good thing,

01:57that it's supposed to be for peace and order.

01:59But it's not.

02:01How can that be good for law and order if there's a murder?

02:04That's lawlessness.

02:06So that's their narrative.

02:09It's like they're reversing what they're saying.

02:12I think what they're saying in the Senate,

02:15Senator Bato and Senator Bongo,

02:19what they're saying is,

02:20let's listen to what they're saying.

02:24Let's be quiet in their communities.

02:28There are no more victims there because of the war on drugs.

02:33That's their narrative.

02:35It's like they're deflecting it.

02:37They wanted to show that killing is all right when it is not.

02:42That's not the issue.

02:44Killing is the issue.

02:46So I'm not surprised anymore.

02:49That's how I feel.

02:53In spite of the fact that I see a high approval of the war on drugs,

03:00I had to do something about it because a lot of people...

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