House affirms dismissal of Leonen impeach case
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives affirmed yesterday the dismissal of the impeachment complaint filed against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen.
Voting 165-1 with one abstention in plenary session, lawmakers adopted Resolution No. 2068 of the justice committee dimissing the complaint outright for insufficiency in form.
Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate, one of the congressmen who voted to dismiss the case, said the impeachment complaint filed by Edwin Cordevilla, secretary general of the Filipino League of Advocates for Good Government, did not comply with House rules that “it should be based on personal knowledge or authentic records.”
Last May, the justice panel chaired by Leyte Rep. Vicente Veloso III junked the complaint, citing as ground the lack of personal knowledge of Cordevilla on the allegations raised against Leonen.
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