ADVERTISEMENTThe senator then criticized Malacañang when it protested the approval by a U.S. Senate panel of an amendment that would deny the entry to the United States of those responsible for De Lima’s detention. “Pero ng pinaboran ng isang U.S. Senate panel ang panukalang travel ban sa lahat ng responsable sa hindi makatarungang pagkakabilanggo kay Senator Leila de Lima bilang pakikiisa sa karapatang pantao sa ating bansa, abot hanggang langit ang galit at pag-protesta ng palasyo,” she said. [When a U.S. Senate panel voted in favor of imposing a travel ban on those responsible for the unjust detention of Senator Leila de Lima in solidarity for the protection of human rights in the country, Malacañang protested it.] Hontiveros said the travel ban is a warning for those who “rose to power in the Philippines through killings and human rights abuses.”“The world is watching. Tañada, however, Duterte’s “underlings” could get “jittery” over the travel ban.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 28, 2019 05:48 UTC