After Senator Leila De Lima denied the President Rodrigo Duterte's accusation against her and said that it's an “absolute lie.” and she also said that she is “willing to be shot” in front of the President if the allegations to her will be proven true.
As quoted De Lima stated,“I’m denying it again. That’s an absolute lie, that’s completely false,” referring to her drug links.
The latter said that De Lima was the highest ranking official who has links to illegal drugs, Duterte said during the oath-taking of generals and flag officers at Rizal Hall, Malacañang.
Duterte added that he would come out next week with a matrix that would show the involvement of the senator in narco inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Duterte said on Tuesday.
“I will show to you, maybe this week, the matrix. I am just validating the matrix in Muntinlupa. De Lima is included in the matrix. So it would share her role there,” the President said at the sideline of the oath-taking of generals and flag officers at the Palace’s Rizal Hall.
However, Duterte refused to give detailed information about the matrix, he also gave clues that a certain governor and an undersecretary were also on the list.
He stressed, “When I go out with the matrix, you will know. There is also a governor and you know, he’s my friend, I could not believe it but he’s there in the revelation. There’s a governor and an undersecretary."
Asked if it is the former Justice undersecretary Francisco Baraan III, Duterte answered, "How did you know? Yes, he is."
Duterte also said that during the time of De lima being Justice Secretary of DOJ that most of the detainees were given preferential treatment inside the NBP.
Duterte explained, “There were parties being held almost every night; there was a combo, a musical group; liquors and alcoholic drinks flowed freely and women went inside and out the prison."
“If she would face me here, I would tell her: Explain to me your immorality and explain to me your connection with the drug people… She cannot deny it because there are pictures taken at that time. But she never for a moment just deny it,” Duterte added referring to De Lima.
Source: Sunstar