The legislative body that was hostile towards Leila de Lima in 2016 now welcomes her with a spirit of collegiality, acknowledging her for who she is — a subject matter expert on the pattern of vigilante killings that persisted under Duterte's...
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“I am delighted to see senator De Lima who is still active,” a cordial Abante said of the human rights champion at the start of the hearing. “It is a blow to our collective struggle to uplift the dignity of the woman, respect her agency and her autonomy over her own body, and is a form of slut-shaming that will not set a good example for the country,” read the resolution unanimously
The Marcos and the Dutertes – two dynasties in Philippine politics with a complicated relationship – have also had a falling out in the past year.“This is a breathing room from the seven years of nightmare that we thought was all over in 1986,” De Lima said in February. “Under , we are given the opportunity to make use of a democratic space in transition from the authoritarian regime that was Duterte’s.
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