The House of the Representatives' Committee on Justice on Thursday, June 3, formally dismissed the impeachment complaint filed against Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Marvic Leonen.
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The House Committee on Justice on Thursday approved the committee report and resolution junking the impeachment complaint filed against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen.
Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen “The House of Representatives has just affirmed the constitutional independence of the Judiciary by not allowing others to take advantage of the vulnerability of its members.” This was the reaction of Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen wh
Published May 27, 2021, 12:53 PM
The House Committee on Justice treated the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen as a mere scrap of paper as it voted unanimously to junk it following a determination that the complaint is insufficient in form.
With all 37 committee members voting in the affirmative, the motion to dismiss the case filed by journalist Edwin Cordevilla was upheld. Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez raised the motion as he cited numerous reasons why the complaint should be rejected.
Many of those who attended the first and last hearing of the impeachment case were officials of the Lower House who are clothed with authority to vote as ex-officio members of the House panel chaired by Leyte 3rd District Rep. Vicente Veloso.
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May 27, 2021 | 8:13 pm
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SUPREME Court Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen did not celebrate the dismissal of the impeachment complaint against him by the House of Representatives on Thursday, saying it was a waste of time and was ill-motivated to begin with.
âThere is no victory to be celebrated by anyone. If anything, it should remind some not to waste our time and resources for narrow parochial selfish gains,â Mr. Leonen said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday.
âA dismissal on the basis of the mere face of the impeachment complaint affirms the baselessness of the grounds raised. It is an act that powerfully speaks for itself,â he added.