FORMER president Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said that the acquittal of detained former senator Leila de Lima in her second drug case is "flawed," insisting that "the evidence extant supports a judgement of conviction."
In a statement shared to reporters by his former chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo, Duterte said that as a lawyer he should go by the court ruling, but not in this case of De Lima.
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