Detained Philippines Senator De Lima Requests Release

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The Spin


Narrative A

Leila De Lima has been a political prisoner for six years, and the travesty she has endured must end immediately. The Marcos administration cannot continue the brutality of his predecessors and should release De Lima. The star witness in one of De Lima’s cases has already retracted his allegations, and the charges must be dropped.


Narrative B

Leila De Lima is a corrupt politician who damaged the Philippines for over a decade and is now being held accountable under the law. She sold out her country repeatedly, from her time as Secretary of the Department of Justice to her tenure as a senator, and plays the victim while being hostile to her own constituents.


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