Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd on Tuesday asked Senator Leila De Lima to recuse herself from attending the Senate hearings on the proliferation of illegal drugs at the national penitentiary.

Aguirre said De Lima should not participate in the proceedings because she is the very person involved in the investigation, along with her ex-driver and lover Ronnie Dayan and drug lord Kerwin Espinosa.

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