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MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has nothing to do with the decision to indict Associate Supreme Court Justice Marvic Leonen for alleged betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution, Malacañang said Monday.
“Absolutely not. None,” said presidential spokesman Harry Roque in an online briefing when asked if the president supported the complaint.
“Wala pong kinalaman dyan. We don’t even know who the proponents are, ”he added.
(He had nothing to do with it. We don’t even know who the proponents are).
READ: Indictment filed against Judge Leonen
The complaint was filed with the House of Representatives by private whistleblower Edwin M. Cordevilla, secretary general of the Philippine League of Defenders of Good Government or FLAGG.
The impeachment proposal was endorsed by the representative of Ilocos Norte, Angelo Marcos Barba, cousin of former senator Bongbong Marcos, whose electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo is still pending in the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). The Supreme Court acts as PET.
He claimed that Leonen allegedly committed trust treason when he failed to file his Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) Statements during his tenure at the University of the Philippines.
Meanwhile, Leonen expressed optimism that lawmakers would “do the right thing,” but at the same time warned them not to consider “false issues raised by some for clearly personal or vengeful reasons.”
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