Controversies[edit]

See also: 2015 Iglesia ni Cristo leadership controversy and New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking
scandal
On August 27, 2015, then Justice Secretary de Lima assisted Isaias Samson, an expelled Minister
of Iglesia ni Cristo, in filing a case against the sect. Members protested at theDOJ office the next day
while others occupied EDSA in Mandaluyong a few days later to urge de Lima to resign, and give
focus to the Mamasapano clash where 2 members of the INC were killed.[9]
At a public event of the Philippine National Police in August 2016, the Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte alleged that Senator De Lima has been having an affair with a married lover- her driver- who
Duterte also alleged functions as De Limas collector for drug protection money. Duterte also alleged
that De Limas driver has been using drugs. [10] In another report, the President Rodrigo Duterte is
said to have in his possession wiretaps and ATM records showing that the former driver-bodyguard
of Sen. Leila de Lima transacted with drug syndicates at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa when
she was Justice Secretary. Duterte claimed that De Limas bodyguard, whom he alleged, had
collected money from drug traders for De Limas senatorial campaign. The President of the
Philippines admitted that the recordings were inadmissible as evidence in court, but stated that he
would confront de Lima with these if given the chance.[11]