Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Friday defended Justice Marvic Mario Victor Leonen from insinuations that he had been too slow in resolving cases that were assigned to him. We have to respect his manner of solving his cases,” Peralta said during a virtual press briefing. “It was so unfair to penalize Justice Yap with a one year fine while pampering Justice Leonen who was also sleeping on his job,” one justice told The Times. The Times sources said it was ironic that Leonen himself voted during the en banc session to dismiss Yap. Other justices with pending cases include Peralta who has one aging case and four non-aging cases; Senior Associate Justice Estela Peras-Bernabe with three non-aging cases; Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa with 15 aging cases and 24 non-aging cases; and Justice Alexander Gesmundo with five aging cases and eight non-aging cases.

Source: Manila Times October 23, 2020 16:30 UTC