LOOK: Leila de Lima casts vote

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Former senator Leila de Lima shows her index finger marked with indelible ink after casting her vote at SM City BF in Parañaque City. De Lima is the first nominee of the Mamamayang Liberal party-list group. — Photo from Leila de Lima’s office

Former senator Leila de Lima cast her vote at SM City BF in Parañaque City on Monday, May 12, 2025.

De Lima is running for a seat in the House of Representatives as the first nominee of the Mamamayang Liberal (ML) party-list group, which was established as the multi-sectoral arm of the Liberal Party.

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Running for party-list seats with De Lima are Teddy Baguilat, ML’s second nominee and a former Ifugao congressman mainly known for representing indigenous peoples in the province; and Erin Tañada, the third nominee and a lawyer who served as Quezon representative and House deputy speaker during the Benigno Aquino administration.

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Three drug trafficking cases filed against her in 2017a during the Duterte administration kept De Lima in detention for almost seven years, before she was eventually cleared of all the charges. /das