A GROUP on Monday asked the Supreme Court to disbar Senator Leila de Lima over her previous affair with her former driver Ronnie Dayan.
In a supplemental complaint, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption submitted to the high court the recent admissions made by De Lima and Dayan about their seven-year love affair.
The VACC said the public admission by De Lima in a recent TV interview and the testimony of Ronnie Dayan before the House of Representatives last week were ample evidence proving De Lima’s immorality and warranting her disbarment.
“The admission of Senator De Lima about her illicit and scandalous relationship in public is definitely not a frailty of a woman who is a member of the Bar,” the VACC said.
“Her public admission warrants her immediate suspension from the legal profession until this disbarment case is resolved.”
The VACC was again joined by former National Bureau of Investigation deputy directors Ruel Lasala and Reynaldo Esmeralda in filing the complaint.
The group also submitted to the high court Dayan’s admission that he had an affair with De Lima while he was married to his wife.
The supplemental complaint also cited De Lima’s message telling Dayan’s daughter, Hannah Mae, that he should snub the subpoena issued by the House panel.
“Senator De Lima’s act of blatantly urging Dayan to snub the committee hearings, and instead hide in the meantime suggests her disregard for the rule of law,” group chairman Dante Jimenez said.
“What she initiated was obstruction of justice, not to mention that it was a disrespect of a co-equal institution.
“She was making a mockery of our justice system which is ironic considering her previous post as Justice secretary.”