00:00 After 6 years, 8 months and 21 days of imprisonment, former Senator Laila Delima has been sentenced.
00:12 And for the last case she is facing, she is the first to commit drug trafficking in the Philippines.
00:17 Delima is determined to get her temporary release.
00:20 The time will come when the truth will prevail.
00:24 She also has a message for former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:27 Witness, Chino Gaston.
00:30 The court has already granted the former Senator Laila Delima a pardon.
00:40 She was so brave, she cried and raised her hands.
00:49 She also allowed her former driver Ronnie Dayan and former Bucor Chief Franklin Bucayo to pay their fines.
01:01 In August 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte accused his critic, Senator Laila Delima, of accepting campaign funds from drugs.
01:18 In February 2017, the Warrant of Arrest was issued for the violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.
01:25 Here in the Senate, the arresting team is waiting.
01:32 Delima was charged with cases related to illegal drug trading.
01:36 But she was previously convicted of conspiracy to trade illegal drugs.
01:40 The first case is linked to the arrest of an inmate, Peter Coe, for three million pesos and vehicles.
01:48 The money was from the illegal drug transaction in the Philippines that Delima will use for her campaign as a Senator.
01:56 But in February 2021, Delima was acquitted by the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 205 due to lack of evidence.
02:06 The second case is linked to Delima's acceptance of a 10 million pesos income from illegal drug trade in the Philippines to serve as a campaign fund.
02:17 Delima's driver and inmate, Ronnie Dayan, is the one who is involved in the alleged transaction.
02:24 The former Bureau of Corrections OIC Rafael Ragos, who served as a state witness to the case,
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04:18 Delima was returned to Camp Kramen from Montibupa City
04:22 to process his bail.
04:24 Around 7 p.m., he left the PNP Custodial Center.
04:29 He then headed to a hotel where he met Senator Risa Ontiveros.
04:37 At a press conference, Delima said that despite the hardship of the prosecution,
04:43 she is still committed to the law and the process she is fighting.
04:49 The time will come when the truth and the truth will prevail.
04:54 Not only did I survive all these years of persecution and unjust detention,
05:00 I came out stronger than ever with an even stronger commitment to truth, justice, human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
05:12 My first message to former President Duterte is that God forgive him and God bless him.
05:21 The former senator's family is very angry with the court's decision.
05:26 I'm very proud. She didn't brace herself. She didn't give up. She is very, very brave.
05:35 It just shows the independence of the judiciary, what I've always been saying from the very beginning.
05:40 We respect, respected and respect the findings of the previous prosecutors who were passed to do this job.
05:50 And it is not for me to change their judgment or their point of view with regards to this.
05:56 We are also getting the panic of former Justice Secretary Vitalyano Aguirre III,
06:01 who was the Justice Secretary of the drug case in Delima.
06:05 Senator Bato de la Rosa, a well-known ally of former President Duterte, said he respects the court's decisions but he is still wondering.
06:15 I cannot really say with certainty that the case is weak because it withstood the time of President Duterte's term.
06:28 This is the case now. It is slowly being dismissed and the bill is being passed. I cannot say.
06:36 In an interview, Salvador Panelo, a former member of the Cabinet of Duterte, said that the citizens who forced them to testify
06:43 have not yet been proven. Even though their testimonies were not included,
06:49 there is still strong evidence that the accused, Delima, showed guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
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