De Lima urges probe of former Justice chiefs after CA rulingFormer Philippine senator and human rights campaigner Leila de Lima talks during an interview with AFP in Manila on November 24, 2023. MANILA, Philippines — Former senator Leila de Lima has called for the investigation into former Justice chiefs Vitaliano Aguirre II and Menardo Guevarra after the Court of Appeals ordered the Office of the Ombudsman to act on her complaints against the two. De Lima secured another legal victory as the CA reversed the Ombudsman's dismissal of her complaints against Aguirre and Guevarra over the government’s use of convicted criminals as state witnesses. “With the reversal of the Ombudsman dismissal by the CA, I expect the Ombudsman to now conduct a full investigation of both Aguirre and Guevarra,” De Lima said. De Lima appealed the Ombudsman decision dismissing her complaints with the CA and the Supreme Court in 2020.
