House leaders want probe into drug trade, de Lima

HOUSE allies of President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday sought a probe into illegal drug activities in the national penitentiary in a resolution that zeroed in on Sen. Leila de Lima, who supervised the prison as Justice secretary under the Aquino administration.

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte, House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas of Ilocos Norte, Deputy Speaker Raneo Abu of Batangas, Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles and House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez of Quezon, among others, filed House Resolution 105 seeking an investigation “in aid of legislation” on why drug syndicates were allowed to operate at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).