Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa de Lima

Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa "Leila" de Lima

Running for Senator

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Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa "Leila" de Lima

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In 2009, as Chair of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR), she initiated a probe into Duterte's involvement in the 'Davao Death Squad' during his time as mayor of Davao City.
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Among the bills authored by De Lima advocating human rights and social justice, four have already been enacted into law are the Magna Carta of the Poor, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, the National Senior Citizen Commission, and the Community-Based Monitoring System Act.
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Worked in various prestigious law firms. A junior partner in the Roco Buñag Kapunan & Migallos Law Offices. Later, a founding and senior partner of the De Lima Law Firm specializing in election laws.
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TIME Magazine included De Lima among its list of 100 Most Influential People in 2017, specifically, in the Icons category for "speaking truth to power".
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Served as Secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ), resolving renowned cases, including the prosecution of several prominent figures linked in the misuse of development funds, the electoral sabotage case versus former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo which led to her arrest, the dangerous raids of the prison cells for maximum security inmates, subsequently exposing and ending their luxurious lifestyle, and the overseeing of the Maguindanao massacre case.
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Leila de Lima ranked 8th in the 1985 Philippine Bar Examinations with an average of 86.26%
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Plaridel Bohol was the husband of Leila de Lima and had two sons, Vincent Joshua and Israel. The marriage was then annulled.
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The investigation into the EJKs that she initially announced in August 2016 was prematurely terminated by the President's allies in the Senate. In further attempt to silence De Lima, what soon followed was her politically-motivated arrest on 24 February 2017. She remains unjustly detained to this day.
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Eight Fast Facts

Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa "Leila" de Lima

Fast Fact 1

In 2009, as Chair of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR), she initiated a probe into Duterte's involvement in the 'Davao Death Squad' during his time as mayor of Davao City.

fidh.org/en/issues/human-rights-defenders/arbitrarily-imprisoned-senator-de-lima-prevented-from-participating

Fast Fact 2

Among the bills authored by De Lima advocating human rights and social justice, four have already been enacted into law are the Magna Carta of the Poor, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, the National Senior Citizen Commission, and the Community-Based Monitoring System Act.

https://leiladelima.ph/about/

Fast Fact 3

Worked in various prestigious law firms. A junior partner in the Roco Buñag Kapunan & Migallos Law Offices. Later, a founding and senior partner of the De Lima Law Firm specializing in election laws.

https://leiladelima.ph/about/

Fast Fact 4

TIME Magazine included De Lima among its list of 100 Most Influential People in 2017, specifically, in the Icons category for "speaking truth to power".

https://leiladelima.ph/about/

Fast Fact 5

Served as Secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ), resolving renowned cases, including the prosecution of several prominent figures linked in the misuse of development funds, the electoral sabotage case versus former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo which led to her arrest, the dangerous raids of the prison cells for maximum security inmates, subsequently exposing and ending their luxurious lifestyle, and the overseeing of the Maguindanao massacre case.

https://leiladelima.ph/about/

Fast Fact 6

Leila de Lima ranked 8th in the 1985 Philippine Bar Examinations with an average of 86.26%

http://www.thetrendingfacts.com/2016/08/who-is-philippine-senator-leila-de-lima.html

Fast Fact 7

Plaridel Bohol was the husband of Leila de Lima and had two sons, Vincent Joshua and Israel. The marriage was then annulled.

http://www.thetrendingfacts.com/2016/08/who-is-philippine-senator-leila-de-lima.html

Fast Fact 8

The investigation into the EJKs that she initially announced in August 2016 was prematurely terminated by the President's allies in the Senate. In further attempt to silence De Lima, what soon followed was her politically-motivated arrest on 24 February 2017. She remains unjustly detained to this day.

https://leiladelima.ph/about/
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