De Lima meets Judge who had her arrested on a drug charge

Congressperson Leila De Lima on Friday touched base at the court not as a complainant - as when she was still Justice secretary indicting suspects. She stood denounced under the watchful eye of Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 204 Judge Juanita Guerrero who requested her capture on a medication charge.

De Lima is confronting three separate charges in three branches of the Muntinlupa RTC, regarding her asserted infringement of Sections 5 and 28 of Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Segment 5 punishes the "deal, exchanging, organization, regulation, conveyance, circulation and transportation" of illicit medications, while Section 28 forces most extreme punishments and ceaseless exclusion from office for open authorities who are discovered blameworthy of such unlawful acts.

Two of the cases were documented by hostile to wrongdoing bunch Volunteers against Crime and Corruption (VACC), and previous NBI authorities Reynaldo O. Esmeralda and Ruel M. Lasala.

A third case, documented by the NBI against De Lima and 17 others, likewise incorporates medicate trafficking, qualified pay off, and join in its charges.

De Lima's legal advisors came arranged for the hearings- - on a movement they documented to reject the charges- - yet left with practically nothing.

The hearings in the three RTC branches went on for quite a long time. Not one of the three judges dealing with De Lima's cases followed up on her offer to reject the charges against her.

Guerrero has gotten herself addressed by de Lima's legal advisor, Teddy Rigoroso, for issuing a capture warrant against the Senator while there's a pending movement to suppress.

Rigoroso called attention to Guerrero ought not have issued the warrant- - but rather ought to have initially settled the movement to expel the case.

Be that as it may, Guerrero said she made a legal assurance of reasonable justification to issue a capture warrant- - and it's superbly lawful for her to do as such.

Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption legal counselor Ferdinand Topacio concurred with Guerrero.

"Wala pong administer anyplace in the body ng rules sa korte na sinasabing dapat desisyunan muna yung movement to suppress nila bago desisyunan yung reasonable justification," Topacio said. [There is no administer of court saying the court ought to first settle the movement to suppress before it chooses the plausible cause.]

Rigoroso additionally brought up Guerrero ought to have gone over the records of the case before issuing a warrant - something that Guerrero said she did.

She even requested that her staff bring the voluminous records inside the court - to demonstrate that she read the archives.

In any case, the extent that De Lima's legal advisors are worried, there's truly nothing for the situation that will ensnare the representative in the medication exchange.

"Wala naman silang napakitang droga. Walang pinakitang pera. Di natin alam kung san sila nagbenta. Ano yung mga detalye ng pagbebenta nila at sinasabi lang nila na para kay Senator de lima daw yun," Atty. Boni Tacardon, one of De Lima's legal counselors, said. [ They were not ready to show drugs. There's no cash. We don't know where the sold. What are the points of interest of their deals while they were stating that it's supposedly for Senator De Lima.]

Tacardon said they will scrutinize the capture warrant under the steady gaze of the Supreme Court.

"The lawful group is really setting up an appeal to scrutinizing the warrant," said Tacardon.

The request of for certiorari addressing De Lima's capture will be recorded one week from now.

From this, it will be up to the Supreme Court in the event that it will concede any alleviation to De Lima.

Guerrero at long last dedicated De Lima to the PNP custodial focus, while the cat-and-mouse diversion proceeds for the beset congressperson.

Dayan noticeably shaken

Ronnie Dayan, De Lima's previous driver-bodyguard and sweetheart, and now her co-blamed, will be briefly kept at the Muntinlupa police headquarters.

Upon his capture, Dayan, who is blamed for being De Lima's bagman and of profiting from illicit medication exchange the New Bilibid Prison, was noticeably shaken, confounded and powerless.

"Wala muna akong masasabi ngayon. Medyo magulo isip ko," Dayan said. [I can't state anything for the time being. I'm a bit confused.]

At the point when addressed by the media, Dayan gave just melancholy answers.

"Wala dad ako sa kundisyon mag-ano. Ngayon lang ako nagkaganito," said Dayan. [I am in no condition. It's my first time to be in this sort of situation.]

Dayan's sister, Loreta, was additionally troubled.

"Kaninang umaga? Siyempre malungkot siya. Umiiyak nga, humahagulgol nga siya kanina eh. Dahil nga yung mga anak niya naaalala niya," Loreta said in a telephone meet with CNN Philippines. [This morning? Obviously, he's hopeless. He's crying, practically yelling. He's reasoning of his children.]

"Sabi niya sa associated matagal tayong hindi magkikita-kita. Baka hindi ko alam kung ilang taon ang bubuuin ko dito," she included. [He let me know, we won't not see each other for quite a while. I don't know how long I will be here.]

His relatives said they will visit him now and again at the Muntinlupa City police headquarters detainment focus.

Confinement watches said Dayan will have his own cell at the detainment focus however Dayan said he would rather be imprisoned in his region, Pangasinan.

"Kung papayag sila, dun na lang sa BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology) San Carlos. In any event malapit yung pamilya ko doon," Dayan included. [If they will permit it, I'd lean toward BJMP San Carlos. At any rate it's close to my family.]