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Sandiganbayan (MANILA BULLETIN)
In a resolution, the anti-graft court said: “The Order dated February 15, 2021, insofar as it declared Mayor Soriano in Direct Contempt of Court is recalled and set aside.”
But the court warned Soriano “that a similar incident in the future will be dealt with more seriously.”
“All the other participants are dead set in keeping pace with the proceedings, hence, the deflection of one from the protocol is certainly disruptive of the proceedings for which reason the power of contempt is cited to correct it,” the anti-graft court said.
“Having nonetheless admitted that the shortcoming on his part was only because of ‘honest lapses or oversight, not at all accompanied by any thought of dishonesty, rudeness, insolence or incivility,’ and thus asks for ‘mercy and compassion,’ the Court can heed, but only this once,” it stressed.