Buhay party-list Rep. Jose "Lito" Atienza Jr refused to answer questions from the media if he thinks De Lima - who along with Dayan had been dragged into the illegal drug trade inside the national penitentiary - should give up her post in the Senate.
"Every woman has every right to exercise her rights to pleasure, joys, and happiness," said the party-list lawmaker.
Atienza's unsolicited advice to De Lima, however, was: "Kung may sensitivity siya sa public opinion. Magtanong siya. Alamin niya ano ang damdamin ng bayan dahil wala pa namang judgement."
"She should ask. Madali lang iyan. Mag-post siya sa Internet. Tanungin mo ang mga tao: 'Magre-resign ba ako o hindi?'" he added.
Atienza said "98 percent" of netizens would probably prefer her resignation.
The lawmaker said De Lima's recent admission of having a relationship with Dayan in the past for a few years could help establish her supposed role in the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison.
"Now that Sen De Lima now says indeed he was the boyfriend, eh di mayroon na ngayong conclusive evidence na malamang tama iyong mga drug lords," Atienza said, refering to the Bilibid convicts who testified before a House inquiry and implicated the former Justice secretary.
"Dahil kung nangongolekta ng pera para sa kanya at sabi nga niya boyfriend niya, eh di malinaw na ang koneksyon nung droga, pera at former Sec. De Lima," Atienza said.
He said he would no longer be surprised if the Department of Justice would use De Lima's admission against her, especially in the cases pending against her.
"Malaki iyong admission niya. Una, may asawa, pangalawa, tao mo iyon, empleyado mo iyon. In fact, driver mo iyon," said Atienza.
"Maraming batas ngayong puwedeng gamitin ang DOJ, iyong bestfriend niya, si Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to pressure her into one corner," he added, saying that De Lima has virtually "confirmed all these statements of these drug lords."