ADVERTISEMENT“It only shows they meddle with other country’s justice system without even investigating,” Sotto said in a text message. The provision was specifically contained in the 2020 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill. READ: US bans entry of those involved in De Lima detentionThis was not the first time that Sotto slammed the move to ban the entry of those involved in De Lima’s detention into the United States. In his earlier statement, Sotto criticized the US senators who pushed for the ban provision saying they “are not judges here in the Philippines.”“They [US senators] are just trying to meddle when they don’t even know about [De Lima’s] case,” Sotto said. “She is innocent until proven guilty, but those US senators are not judges here in the Philippines,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 23, 2019 05:15 UTC