'It is their right after all as a citizen detained to ask the courts why she is detained, and for the courts to decide or not if a grant of liberty is appropriate,' says Justice Secretary Boying Remulla.
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Justice “will not object” if detained former senator Leila de Lima files a petition for the writ of habeas corpus, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Monday, February 20.
“Probably they should petition for habeas corpus and explain the case to the courts. We will not object…. I am not objecting personally to any plea that will free anybody from jail. But, this is something better discussed in court,” Remulla told reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony for the release of persons deprived of liberty at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.
“All of us have our means of defending ourselves. We have our remedies available under our legal system, so let it be that way. If they wish to petition for habeas corpus, so be it,” he said. “It is their right after all as a citizen detained to ask the courts why she is detained, and for the courts to decide or not if a grant of liberty is appropriate under the circumstances.”
The writ of habeas corpus is the right to determine and challenge if a person is being lawfully or unlawfully detained. (READ:
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