Detained Sen. Leila de Lima on Wednesday appealed for liberty before the Holy Week, hoping to make good on her vow to participate in the Good Friday procession in native Iriga City’s local parish. In a new handwritten note issued from her cell, De Lima, who has been detained at a custodial facility in Camp Crame for nearly three weeks now, expressed her wish to be released before the Holy Week so she could continue participating in the Catholic ritual. “I am solemnly praying that I will be released before the Holy Week. De Lima wrote the note on Tuesday evening, following the first round of oral arguments on her bid for release before the Supreme Court. It is among her pending cases questioning her arrest over drug sale and trade charges lodged against her by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 15, 2017 21:00 UTC