Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa de Lima

Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa "Leila" de Lima

Running for Senator

Controversies

Duterte links Roxas, de Lima to old CoA-flagged reports

President Rodrigo Duterte has accused former Interior secretary Manuel 'Mar' Roxas 2nd and former Justice secretary and now Sen. Leila de Lima of stealing public funds, citing the Commission on Audit's (CoA) previous findings that flagged millions to billions of supposedly unliquidated funds. In his prerecorded public address, Duterte said CoA, in its past audit findings, had also flagged the Department of Justice (DoJ) then under de Lima for its unliquidated cash advances in 2013.
August 2021

Leila de Lima: Top Duterte critic arrested on drug charge

A leading critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Leila de Lima, has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.Senator Leila de Lima is accused of receiving money from detained drug lords. She has insisted on her innocence and says the charges are an attempt to silence her criticism of Mr Duterte's war against drugs.
February 2017