Press Release
December 13, 2016

SEN. LEILA M. DE LIMA'S STATEMENT ON HOUSE LEADERS' FILING OF COMPLAINTS BEFORE THE SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Washington, DC
13 December 2016

The House leaders' move to file complaints against me at the Senate Ethics Committee and at the Department of Justice is nothing but an attempt to save face after the House inquiry on the Bilibid drug trade was exposed to be all of a farce.

As former Commission on Human Rights Chair and Justice Secretary, and now as a Senator, I will never break my oath as a public servant. Despite the attacks against me, my honor and integrity as a woman and as a public official remains intact.

As I have repeatedly said, the first casualty of the administration's "war on drugs" is the truth. And it seems those in power are determined to do everything they could to accomplish their personal and political agendas. Little do they know that the public is slowly beginning to realize who are responsible for the real crisis our nation is facing, because they have no real accomplishments to show after six months in power.

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