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De Lima asks court to dismiss contempt case vs her, lawyer
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima and her legal counsel Atty. Boni Tacardon have asked the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court, Branch 205 to dismiss the contempt case filed against them by the Prosecution over their statements about testimonies of witnesses in one of her trumped-up drug cases.
In their Comments filed separately last March 1, De Lima and Tacardon said the court should outrightly dismiss their [Prosecution] petition because their statements did not present any clear and present danger, or imminent threat to the administration of justice. In the words of the Prosecution themselves, what they only fear is that the said statements will pursuade, influence, intimidate, incite perception and sentiments of their colleagues and other government officials, including the trial court judges, Tacardon said.
In an omnibus order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan also denied the grant of bail for de Lima and Dayan in Criminal Case No. 17-165. (File Photo: Senate of the Philippines/Facebook)
MANILA – A Muntinlupa court on Wednesday dismissed the demurrer to evidence filed by counsels of detained Senator Leila de Lima and her former aide Ronnie Dayan seeking to dismiss the drug charges against them.
In an omnibus order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan also denied the grant of bail for de Lima and Dayan in Criminal Case No. 17-165.
“The separate demurrers to evidence of accused Leila de Lima and Ronnie Dayan are both denied. The petition for bail filed by accused de Lima and Dayan are likewise denied,” Aquiatan said.