AFTER hemming and hawing, the House Committee on Justice did not recommend the filing of charges against former Justice secretary Leila de Lima and prison officials over the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison that supposedly occurred under their watch.

Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali, the committee chairman, did not disclose the contents of the committee report issued after four days of inquiries, but the non-recommendation was revealed by the lone “no” vote of minority bloc member Alfredo Garbin of Ako Bicol party-list.

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