The trial of Sen. Leila de Lima has hit another snag as a sixth judge bowed out of her drug cases, more than two years since the Muntinlupa City court started hearing them. The camp of the detained senator was informed over the weekend that Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz of Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 256 has opted for an early retirement. ADVERTISEMENTCanceled, reraffledBased on records from the Judicial and Bar Council, Corpuz was first appointed as judge on Aug. 21, 2001, and is scheduled to retire in December 2020. The resumption of one of the three conspiracies to commit drug trading cases against De Lima scheduled on June 5 has since been canceled, while the case is being reraffled to a new judge. Corpuz is the sixth judge to withdraw from hearing De Lima’s cases, which had made a round over almost all the branches at Muntinlupa RTC.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 19, 2019 21:33 UTC