Atty. Rolly Peoro On De Lima’s False Charges

In an ANC interview conducted on 28 April 2022, the camp of Sen. Leila de Lima expressed their views that they are considering filing counter-charges against those who coerced self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa into implicating her in the illegal drugs trade.

De Lima’s legal counsel and spokesperson Atty. Rolly Francis C. Peoro that the Senator will not let her accusers go “off the hook,”. He further stated that he was not surprised by Espinosa’s recantation of his allegations against her.

“We will surely take to justice all the persons involved in the great injustice done to Sen. De Lima.”, Atty. Peoro said.

Atty. Peoro said that President Rodrigo Duterte nearing the end of his term may have been one of the reasons that pushed Espinosa to declare that his allegations against De Lima are not true.

“We always knew Kerwin was lying. It was just a matter of time before he tells the truth… We are just so unlucky it took him many years to do that,” Atty, Peoro said.

Atty. Peoro that Espinosa’s recantation will “lay the pattern that many of the witnesses have been fabricating evidence,” and were “being coerced by the administration.”

“It only reinforces our stand that Sen. Leila De Lima [has been] innocent from the very start,” he said. “We really hope that all the witnesses will muster the same courage of Kerwin Espinosa. And we expect soon justice and truth will prevail,” he added.

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