US ban on De Lima jailers unconstitutional – Sotto 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Vanne TerrazolaSenate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday claimed that the reported ban that the United States would impose on government officials involved in the arrest of Senator Leila de Lima would violate its own Constitution and that of the Philippines. But the travel ban might now be enforced as US President Donald Trump signed in December the 2020 budget containing the said provision. Under the US Constitution, “no Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law will be passed”. A similar prohibition was provided in the Philippines’ 1987 Constitution, under the Bill of Rights.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 02, 2020 05:35 UTC