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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 10) The Court of Appeals has ordered the Philippine National Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and other concerned agencies to remove Leyte Rep. Vicente Veloso’s name from the government’s March 2019 drug list.
In a decision promulgated on June 8, the court also directed the respondents the PNP, PDEA, Armed Forces of the Philippines, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, and Department of Interior and Local Government to destroy all documents, records and information related to the lawmaker’s inclusion in the narco list.
“They are also enjoined from further including the petitioner’s name in any publicized derogatory list that fails to follow due process,” read the decision penned by CA Associate Justice Apolinario Bruselas Jr.
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.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen (Supreme Court) Twenty members of the House panel, chaired by L
Like most vaccines against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the dismissal of the impeachment case filed against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen gives the magistrate one year immunity from being subjected to a similar complaint before the House of Representatives. However, Leon
House panel swiftly junks impeachment complaint vs Leonen
May 27, 2021 11:50 AM PHT
The dissenter, Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, easily survived the impeachment attempt against him.
The House justice committee on Thursday, May 27, voted 44-0 to dismiss the complaint against Leonen, finding the allegations largely based on hearsay. It was initially 37-0, but more votes in support of Leonen came in after the hearing.
The House rules on impeachment says the committee must make two determinations – insufficiency in form and in substance, which for previous cases had taken several hearings. But only after more than two hours of session, committee chairman Leyte 3rd District Representative Vicente Veloso already called for a vote to dismiss the complaint, meaning outright.