Is she serious about picking a fight with him?
“Former Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said she will fight Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s bid to become President if he continues advocating an iron-hand policy that violates human rights,” reports Gabriel Cardinoza in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
De Lima is running for senator under the administration coalition led by the Liberal Party. She was quoted as saying, “I will continue to fight him because [violating human rights] is wrong and a person who has no respect for human rights has no right to lead the country.”
De Lima added, “If you have no respect for human rights, you also have no respect for the law. So how can he lead our country if that is his belief?”
The report noted: “The Department of Justice is investigating reports about the existence of the so-called Davao Death Squad, to which Duterte has been linked.”
