Define humane. Was De Lima being humane when she allowed herself and her office to be used by the sitting President to go after his political enemies? Evidence-based? If this was the case then why are Matobato and Lascañas in hiding? The President extended https://opinion.inquirer.net/130294/the-inhumane-treatment-of-sen-leila-de-lima

his offer of cooperation to the opposition after his election. What did the opposition choose to do then and up to now? Why can't the opposition to Duterte behave in the same manner as the opposition to PeNoy? Aquino brought down the country and his administration on his own.

The opposition had nothing to do with it. De Lima's persecutorial role is what got the ire of her political enemies. She knew what she was getting into. For this matter Mareng Winnie also knew during that famous interview with her where De Lima admitted to the frailties of being

a woman. Sexual proclivities was the better description of her activities with her security detail. It's not only De Lima who deserves humane treatment but all of those deprived of liberty. If De Lima wants to gain public sympathy then she should file a bill for the reform of the

criminal justice system particularly detention and penal facilities. Compare how the Duterte administration has extended privileges to the detained Senator as opposed to those who were subject to the same under PeNoy's watch. None of them were allowed to send out dispatches nor

were they allowed to join or attend Senate sessions. De Lima's prospects don't look good after 2022 given the opposition doesn't have an Eskimo's chance in hell of winning the Presidency. The justice system in the country moves at a snail's pace. This is another aspect which she

can focus on while incarcerated. She and Mareng Winnie should quit whining. They are both strong and pragmatic women who know how the power game is played in the country. They should stop appealing to emotion and tough it out since they are often described as women with balls.