Senator Leila de Lima has filed a petition before the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop prosecutors from presenting convicts as witnesses. In a petition last November 19, De Lima sought a temporary restraining order on Judge Lorna Navarro-Domingo of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206 from hearing the convicts’ testimonies. Agojo, Co, and Sy are serving sentences for drug-related cases; Arile, Baligad, Capones, Durano were convicted for either murder or homicide. Colanggo is in prison for robbery with homicide, while Tan was sentenced for robbery and murder. She has claimed that the charges were merely an attack against her for being critical of President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 26, 2018 03:33 UTC