[ANALYSIS] An international scandal: The continuing imprisonment of Leila de Lima

'Along with Russian democracy leader Alexei Navalny and journalist Julian Assange, former senator Leila de Lima is probably the world’s best known political prisoner.' ThoughtLeaders

, making them question their initial common sense or instinctive reaction that the accusation was utterly false.painting her as “an immoral woman

,” enjoying a Lady Chatterley-like sexual liaison with her driver. In a masterful move, Duterte dredged up both gender and class prejudices in the patriarchal mind of the Filipino male, whose unspoken code is that while a married man may have many liaisons, it is a no-no for a married woman to have an affair – and doubly so if the woman is from the upper or middle class and the man is from the lower class.

One of three cases accusing De Lima of involvement in the narcotics trade has already been dismissed. The government has lost its principal witnesses in one of the two other cases, while its case is crumbling in the second case owing to the sheer incredulity of the so-called witnesses’ accounts under questioning – and the absence of any physical evidence of money changing hands.

“The hold-up is political,” asserts Fhilip Sawali, the former chief of staff of De Lima’s Senate office. Marcos is not willing to cross swords with Duterte.

Marcos Jr. fears destabilization by Duterte loyalists entrenched in the bureaucracy, the police, and the media. Although his daughter, Sara, ran for vice president on Marcos’ ticket, Duterte has distanced himself from Marcos, who was widely perceived to be the presidential candidate that DuterteThe assassination of a radio broadcaster critical of Duterte,

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