President Duterte cleared former Pangasinan Governor, now Congressman Amado Espino, Provincial Administrator Raffy Baraan and Provincial Board Member Raul Sison from DRUG TRAFFICKING allegations. Raffy’s brother, former Department of Justice Undersecretary Toti Baraan, former Secretary of Justice, now Senator Leila De Lima, De Lima’s DRIVER/LOVER Bagman Ronnie Dayan and former Bureau of Corrections General Franklin Bucayu would still be facing NON-BAILABLE DRUG-RELATED CHARGES. Ronnie Dayan’s name is being FLOATED as a possible STATE WITNESS against De Lima et al. #DeLima #DriverLover #Duterte #WarOnDrugs #BastaDriverSweetLover #DriverLover #WalangForever  

Binigyan ng Ombudsman si dating Pangulong Noynoy Aquino at dating Budget Secretary Butch Abad ng 10 araw para sagutin ang paratang sa kanila ng GRAFT and CORRUPTION at paglabag sa KONSTITUSYON sa pagpapalakad ng Disbursenment Acceleration Program na ginamit na PANSUHOL sa mga mambabatas nuong 2012 IMPEACHMENT TRIAL ni dating Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Nahusgahang GUILTY si CJ Corona at NAPATALSIK siya sa pwesto. Namatay na si CJ Corona. #P-Noy #Abad #LiberalParty #TuwadNaDaan #Kulong

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This marked the second criminal complaint filed against Aquino since he stepped down from power and lost immunity from suit on June 30.

Last week, two relatives of the 44 police commandos killed in the 2015 Mamasapano incident filed multiple homicide charges, citing Aquino’s approval of the operation which the complainants described as “flawed.” Aquino dismissed the complaint as mere harassment.

‘Neither surprising nor unexpected’

In a statement issued Friday, former deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said the charges filed by the progressive groups against Aquino were “neither surprising nor unexpected.”

Valte, also a lawyer, said the move was part of the “continuing harassment” on the former chief executive.

“This action from BAYAN is neither surprising nor unexpected. As soon as PNoy stepped down, they mobilized to rally at his Times Street home, unwilling to extend to him a peaceful homecoming,” Valte said.

“Unsatisfied, they mobilized again the next day, deliberately provoking the policemen assigned there in the hope of manufacturing violence to boost media coverage of their shenanigans,” she said.

Aquino went back to his residence at Times Street in Quezon City after he formally stepped down from office last week, June 30.

“It is clearly part of their continuing harassment of a president who refused to be cowed by their chest-beating during his entire term,” Valte said of the incident.

Aquino has yet to receive a copy of the complaint, according to Valte.

Meanwhile, Abad said on Friday that he has yet to get a copy of the complaint.

“I still have to see the complaint filed by the Makabayan. We will reply once we get a notice to do so by the Ombudsman,” he said in a text message.

SC ruling vs. parts of DAP

The SC ruled against the constitutionality of some aspects of the DAP in 2014 but modified it in February 2015 after the government filed an appeal.

In its modified ruling, the high court said DAP authors could be held liable “unless there are concrete findings of good faith in their favor by the proper tribunals determining their criminal, civil, administrative and other liabilities.”

The presumption of good faith in the implementation of DAP-related projects still stands, according to the SC.

It also declared unconstitutional the withdrawal of unobligated allotments and the declaration of such as savings, the cross-border transfer of savings, and the use of unprogrammed funds despite the absence of a certification by the National Treasurer that the revenue collections exceeded targets.

For the complainants, Abad created the DAP while Aquino signed all the DAP memoranda that pooled the savings from various implementing agencies.

“Being the authors and implementors of DAP, respondents Aquino and Abad cannot raise the presumption of regularity in the performance of official functions in light of the conclusive and clear clarificatory confirmation or affirmation by the Supreme Court  that the implementation of DAP contravened the Constitution and the various GAAs (General Appropriations Act),” the complaint read.

“This presumption has thus been clearly rebutted by (SC) and there can no longer be any doubt as to the unlawfulness and illegality of respondents’ acts.”

Some P144 billion was spent for projects under the DAP, an economic stimulus package which only became public after Senator Jinggoy Estrada revealed in 2013 that a portion of the funds was used to bribe senators to support the impeachment of the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona in 2012.

The Aquino administration denied this claim, noting the DAP was instrumental in boosting economic growth from 3.7 percent in 2011 to 6.8 percent in 2012.

Critics also tried to unseat Aquino through impeachment but it never worked out since the former leader’s allies had a firm hold on Congress.

The Ombudsman’s Field Investigation Unit, however, found enough basis last year to probe Abad and Budget Undersecretary Mario Relampagos over technical malversation and administrative charges regarding the use of nearly P400 million in DAP funds from 2011 to 2012.

The investigation report did not make any mention of Aquino, who enjoyed legal immunity when the panel wrapped up its probe in September last year. — with Kathrina Charmaine Alvarez/KG/RSJ/KBK, GMA News

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MANILA, Philippines – Cases have not been filed against Sen. Leila de Lima for her alleged involvement in illegal drugs but President Duterte is confident that his fiercest critic would land in jail.

Duterte said yesterday De Lima would be pinned down by testimonies of New Bilibid Prison (NBP) inmates who have accused her of receiving money from drug lords.

“Now that she (De Lima) is in trouble, she wants to drag me. She will really go to jail. I’m sure of that because of the testimonial evidence,” the President said during the induction of officers of the Malacañang Press Corps, the Malacañang Cameramen Association and the Presidential Photojournalists Association.

“She will be jailed when everybody says, five (witnesses) could say that they contributed money. So on a national scale… who brought in the narco politics? It is here already.”

Asked if his statement is a go-signal for the justice department to file charges against De Lima, Duterte replied: “Yes, of course.”

“(Cases will be filed) after the investigations are finished. I am sure of my evidence,” he added.

The President said “plenty” of non-bailable cases related to drugs may be filed against the senator, who has been critical of his brutal war on narcotics.

“She’s the one who should be worried. Those are serious charges. She should not adopt a nonchalant attitude about all of these things. I said she opened the portals of narco politics to take hold in the national level,” Duterte said.

De Lima has been accused of receiving millions in drug money to fund her senatorial campaign when she was justice secretary.

In previous speeches, Duterte said De Lima’s affair with her former driver Ronnie Dayan made her violate the law and grant special privileges to drug lords at the NBP.

Last week, some inmates revealed in a House hearing that the NBP became a “little Las Vegas” during De Lima’s stint as justice secretary.

She denied the accusations and claimed that Duterte and his allies are ganging up on her because she launched a probe on the spate of drug-related killings in the country.

De Lima has been a critic of Duterte even before he assumed the presidency. When she was chair of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), De Lima launched investigations on Duterte’s link to the Davao death squad, a vigilante group blamed for the killing of criminals in the city.

Duterte served as mayor of Davao City for more than 22 years.

Last week, De Lima was ousted by the Senate as justice committee chair due to her supposed bias against Duterte.

The committee had launched an inquiry on the killings of suspected drug personalities.

‘Her sexuality put her down’

Duterte said De Lima has no one to blame for allegations against her but herself.

“She was the one who started it. You’re all spectators who go down national, live, where it was evolving in the days that passed,” the President said.

“Lumaki ang ulo niya (It went to her head). When she was chairman of the (Commission on) Human Rights, somebody might have told her that she can become a president or senator. You know, the ambition was good but her sexuality put her down.”

Duterte said De Lima would be “finished” once intimate videos of her surface.

“I’d ask her ‘Miss de Lima, I’ve kind of a blurred, vague memory of your persona… I’m establishing the character of you. Is this you pumping? So the next question will be drugs,” he said.

“You know, every time I view the video, I lose my appetite.”

Duterte said De Lima need not worry about having affairs once she is in prison.

“She will have about how many lovers there if she wants. I am really tough when it comes to insulting… I am doing nothing and yet she keeps on talking,” he said.

By Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 27, 2016