De Lima seeks reelection in Eleksyon 2022

Detained Senator Leila de Lima is seeking reelection in the May 2022 national elections.

Through her official representative and spokesman Attorney Dino de Leon, De Lima filed her certificate of candidacy for senator at the Harbor Garden Tent inside the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila in Pasay City on Friday.

De Lima, a staunch critic of the Duterte administration, said she wants to restore justice in the next administration, noting that her detention had made her even stronger.

She vowed to prove that the allegations against her were trumped-up.

De Lima, a former Justice secretary, has been detained since February 2017 at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame due to drug-related charges.

A drug case against de Lima was junked by a Muntinlupa City court in February of this year. She has repeatedly denied involvement in the illegal drug trade. — RSJ, GMA News