CLAIMING that the Philippine National Police (PNP) broke the agreement on her planned surrender, Senator Leila de Lima returned to the Senate on Thursday night in a bid to stop lawmen from serving the warrant for her arrest. The senator left the Senate building before 9 p.m. after announcing that she will surrender Friday morning.
In an interview with reporters, De Lima said she quicky packed her things and left her house at Southgate Subdivision in Parañaque City after learning that agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group were on their way to serve the warrant of arrest earlier issued by Judge Juanita Guerrero of the Parañaque City Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 204 in connection with the drug related charge filed by the Department of Justice.
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