The ongoing row between state and private prosecutors in the Maguindanao Massacre case now hinges on Secretary Leila de Lima of the Department of Justice believing or dismissing accusations by the non-DOJ lawyers as well as two prosecution witnesses that her people accepted bribes from the accused Ampatuan family. Amounts of between P50 million and P300 million are alleged.

“I trust my people,” she told media.

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