Delegates from the European Union visited detained former senator Leila de Lima at the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame on Thursday. | JMangaluzINQ
De Lima also took to Twitter to slam Sen. Bato Dela Rosa for his comments claiming that the European Parliamentary is imposing its standards on the Philippines.“Sen. Bato, whatever standards the members of the EP delegation are trying to impose, as you say, are the standards of humanity.
We’re all part of the global community of nations that is bound by the imperatives of respect for rule of law [and] human rights,” she said.“The pursuit for truth [and] accountability cannot be confined to one’s borders. That is the very essence or reason for being of certain ground-breaking int’l instruments like the Rome Statute [and] its [International Criminal Court] mechanism,” said De Lima.
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