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Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (Lord Allan Velasco’s Office / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) But this did not stop parties from debating on the issue. Reacting to a newspaper column of retired SC Justice Antonio J. Carpio, lawyer Larry Gadon, who represents complainant Edwin Cordevilla, disputed the former senior magistrate’s stand that Leonen did not violate the Constitution for sitting on cases for over 24 months. Carpio said the Supreme Court has ruled that the constitutional provision on the setting of a 24-month deadline to decide on cases is “directory and not mandatory.” On the last day of regular session last Wednesday, no impeachment case was listed in the order of business. ....