Lacson: Bounty on Dela Rosa not to stop impeachment vote
Senator Panfilo Lacson dismissed claims that the government's bounty and surrender ultimatum for Senator Ronald Dela Rosa were timed to prevent him from voting in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. He called it a product of 'wild imaginations' and suggested Dela Rosa is beyond the reach of the law.
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