Kerwin Espinosa’s retraction of allegations linking Senator Leila de Lima to the illegal drug trade “will not have any effect” on the pending cases against the detained legislator, the Palace said. | NAMercadoINQ
, which was established via Republic Act No. 6981, aims “to encourage a person who has witnessed or has knowledge of the commission of a crime to testify before a court or quasi-judicial body, or before an investigating authority, by protecting him from reprisals and from economic dislocation.
“We have always believed that no matter the lies perpetrated by coerced witnesses, in the end, the truth will still come out,” Atty. Filibon Tacardon said in a statement. “Espinosa’s affidavit only proves the length the current administration [has] gone to fabricate testimonies and evidence against Senator De Lima,” he added.
“We hope that other witnesses will also come out and confess how they were intimidated, coerced, and bribed into making false testimonies against the good Senator and if possible, name those who actively participated in coercing them to come up with such ridiculous narratives against the good Senator,” Tacardon further said.
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