Published July 4, 2021, 5:03 PM
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (SC) has penalized the chief judicial officer of the Philippine Judicial Academy (PhilJA) for helping facilitate the distribution of pamphlets of then Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to the offices of the justices on July 1, 2019.
An investigation conducted by the SC’s Office of Administrative Services (OAS) showed that the pamphlets entitled “The Election Protest of Bongbong Marcos, A Simplified Illustration as of May 2019” advocated for a ruling in Marcos’ election protest pending with the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) which is composed of all SC justices.
At the time of the distribution of the pamphlets, the election protest filed by Marcos against Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo was still pending with the PET.