De Lima lauds ‘Otso Diretso’ for ‘dignified and clean’ fight in midterm polls 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Mario CasayuranDetained opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima Saturday congratulated united opposition’s Senate slate ‘’Otso Diretso’’ for running a ‘’dignified and clean’’ fight for the 24-member Senate in the May 13 midterm elections. At the forefront, the senatorial bets advanced the causes of human rights and democracy, she said. She also added that she dreads an unmitigated and unchecked corruption and abuse of power in the Duterte administration, and more repression of the opposition, critics, and pro-democracy forces and human rights defenders. De Lima, a former election lawyer before she entered government service, reiterated that the fight for truth, justice and good governance does not end after the 2019 mid-term polls.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 18, 2019 05:48 UTC