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MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Leila de Lima has maintained that the Court docket of Appeals (CA) determination has not reversed her acquittal from drug-related costs, noting that the appellate court docket simply wished the Regional Trial Court docket (RTC) determination to be fastened.
De Lima: CA didn’t reverse my acquittal, solely requested for readability
De Lima in a press release on Thursday believes the CA simply needs readability on some points — which she and her legal professionals imagine could not be wanted because the Muntinlupa RTC’s determination was clear.
“I simply need to make clear that the CA didn’t say that my acquittal was reversed, because it solely wished the writing of the choice to be fastened — which to our perception is that there is no such thing as a want to take action as a result of the RTC’s determination is obvious,” de Lima mentioned.
“We expect that is simply a difficulty of the CA asking for an evidence and clarification within the determination, concerning the questions identified by the appellate court docket,” she added.
In response to the CA determination launched earlier, the Muntinlupa court docket dedicated grave abuse of discretion because it supposedly failed to clarify the particular details in addition to the legal guidelines on which de Lima’s acquittal was primarily based — because it appeared that the acquittal was primarily based solely on the recantation of witness Rafael Ragos.
READ: Court docket of Appeals overturns de Lima’s acquittal in a drug case
Ragos was the previous Bureau of Corrections chief who testified that de Lima was concerned within the drug commerce contained in the New Bilibid Jail. Ragos in 2022 recanted his allegations in opposition to the previous senator.
READ: Recanting witness Ragos says ‘actually sorry’ to de Lima: ‘I received scared’
In response to de Lima, this determination from the CA is unusual as a result of it simply looks as if the RTC is being made to rewrite its determination.
“This determination is unusual as a result of the CA appears to need the RTC determination to be rewritten as a result of it was not that clear. However we additionally imagine that the reply to the questions in CA’s determination could be seen within the information of the case. Possibly we simply must level particular parts of the case information in our Movement for Reconsideration the place they’ll see the solutions to their questions,” she mentioned in Filipino.
“Nonetheless, we’ll attraction this CA determination as much as the Supreme Court docket if wanted. In the meantime, this doesn’t imply that my acquittal can’t be enforced. My acquittal is ultimate and unappealable due to the precept of double jeopardy, whereas it’s appealable as much as the Supreme Court docket. As of now, the RTC determination to acquit me nonetheless has extra weight,” she added.
De Lima additionally famous that the CA determination is not going to deter her from returning to public service. As ML party-list first nominee, she is poised to get not less than a seat within the coming congress.
“This is not going to block my return to public service and I’ll proceed my preparations to push for justice and reform inside Congress,” she added.
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