President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief legal counsel on Thursday informed embattled Sen. Leila de Lima that she may be held liable for inciting to sedition for her tirades against the chief executive.Lawyer Salvador Panelo’s warning came a few days after Justice Secretary Vitalinao Aguirre also told the senator that her tirades against the President could be considered “inciting to sedition.”
On Tuesday, de Lima called President Duterte a “sociopathic serial killer” and “dictator,” a day after self-confessed hitman SPO3 Arturo Lascañas bared how he had committed murders as member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), allegedly on orders of the then mayor Duterte.
Panelo advised de Lima to seek treatment on her mental and psychological state.“Concerned with the mental and psychological state of Senator Lila de Lima, it is for her best interest that she engages the services of a competent medical professional to assist her in these trying times,” he said.
On Tuesday, de Lima called President Duterte a “sociopathic serial killer” and “dictator,” a day after self-confessed hitman SPO3 Arturo Lascañas bared how he had committed murders as member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), allegedly on orders of the then mayor Duterte.
Panelo advised de Lima to seek treatment on her mental and psychological state.“Concerned with the mental and psychological state of Senator Lila de Lima, it is for her best interest that she engages the services of a competent medical professional to assist her in these trying times,” he said.
