Last Feb 23, 2022, the fifth-year anniversary of Senator Leila de Lima’s arrest and incarceration, several business groups appealed to the government to reconsider the remaining charges against Senator Leila de Lima – a legislator, a former Justice Secretary and Commissioner on Human rights, a lawyer, wife and mother.
The Makati Business Club salutes Philippine workers on this Labor day. We acknowledge the outsize burden they faced during the past two years. Some were essential and frontline workers risking COVID exposure so others could live safely. Others were among the first — and longest — to lose their jobs. Many remain unemployed.
The undersigned business groups call on the government to reconsider the remaining charges against Senator Leila de Lima, which have not progressed after five years.
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