MANILA: Malacanang Palace slammed the approval of a US Senate committee on an amendment to prohibit the entry of any Philippine government official involved in the alleged “politically motivated” imprisonment of Senator Leila De Lima, calling it an “insulting” and “offensive” act.
In a statement, Palace spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the US Senate panel’s action is a “brazen attempt to intrude” into the Philippines’ domestic legal processes “given that the subject cases against the detained senator are presently being heard by our local courts”.
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