Detained Senator Leila de Lima rejects the Ombudsman's request for her to explain the implementing rules and regulations of a controversial policy blamed for the questionable release of heinous crime convicts.
In a letter addressed to Ombdusman Samuel Martires on Tuesday, De Lima said she could no longer answer questions on matters relating to the Justice Department since she is no longer its secretary.
"Whatever query you may have regarding the IRR therefore may be properly and officially answered by the DOJ and the DILG , being the institutions and agencies responsible for the implementation of said IRR," De Lima said. The senator said the Ombudsman cannot demand an explanation from her as a respondent in an administrative investigation because it has no jurisdiction over her as a lawmaker. She added it can neither force her to respond as part of a criminal investigation since it has not issued a subpoena to order her to do so.
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