LP senators stripped of committee posts
De Lima '100% safe' in prison, says Duterte
MANILA — Several senators from the Liberal Party have been ousted from their committee chairmanships and were booted out of the majority yesterday.
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MANILA — Senator Leila de Lima is "100-percent safe" at police headquarters Camp Crame, President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday, as she advised his outspoken critic to pray for the truth to come out.
De Lima, who was arrested last Friday on charges that she accepted bribes from jailed drug lords, fears for her safety, noting that some inmates were killed inside their prison cell. People Power Monument in Quezon City last Saturday.
"If this is the price to pay to show up on the streets of EDSA, talking about democracy, talking about the issues of violence on our streets... If this is the price to pay, I gladly pay that
Duterte believes that the senator's fear are unfounded.
"She is 100-percent safe there," the president said in a chance interview in Malacañang.
"I think people are interested not to see her dead but to see her in prison for what she did," he added.
Asked what his message to de Lima, Duterte replied: "Well, she can always pray that the truth will come out eventually if there is another truth."
"Ako naman di naman price," Aquino said on being stripped off his committee chairmanship.
De Lima, also an LP member, is facing charges for her alleged involvement in the new Bilibid Prison drug trade.
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Duterte said he does not know if another prominent personality would be arrested over illegal drugs.