Tag: De Lima detention

Sotto: 2 US senators’ proposal to ban entry of PHL gov’t officials a violation of US Constitution

(Eagle News)–The proposal to ban the entry to the United States of Philippine government officials allegedly behind the detention of Senator Leila de Lima is a violation of the US Constitution. This is according to Senate President Tito Sotto, who slammed US Senators Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy, who were reportedly behind the amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill that seeks the travel ban. “Article 1, section 9 (paragraph) […]