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De Lima marks 6 years of ‘unjust detention’
by ARIC JOHN SY CUA ManilaTimes.net
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FORMER senator Leila de Lima marked her sixth year of "unjust detention", which she also described as "the most important six years" of her life.
"Six years of unjust detention. Six years that my persecutors hoped would be spent in futility, submission and silence," she said in a handwritten statement on Friday, February 24. "Instead, it has been 6 years of fighting the good fight... perhaps the most important 6 years of my life."
De Lima, who spent nearly her entire tenure in the Senate at the detention facility in Camp Crame, wrote that she continues to fight for her innocence.
"I am still fighting for my own innocence and for justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings and the families they left behind," she wrote.
The former Justice secretary and former senator wrote that she stood her ground for six years and she will continue to do so.
"Today, more than ever, I am convinced that I did the right thing of sacrificing my personal liberty and even my political career," she wrote. "I strongly believe that my vindication is at hand. But even if they continue to try to silence me, I refuse to cower."
"I will stand my ground. For when they come after me and try to silence me, they are actually coming after those who cannot speak for themselves and defend themselves. I cannot, in good conscience, PAGE A4
