MANILA: Allies of Senator Leila de Lima described her persecution as an attempt of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government to silence his critics.
Vice-President Leni Robredo and other allies condemned her arrest on Friday on drug charges, saying it was meant to silence all opposition to Duterte and showed an emerging dictatorship.
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