A Muntinlupa court has dismissed for lack of merit the indirect contempt complaint filed by government prosecutors against detained Senator Leila de Lima and her lawyer regarding statements made to the media about pending drug cases.
De Lima “is being indicted for contempt on account of her complicity with respondent Atty. Tacardon by authorizing the latter to make those statements.” The Muntinlupa RTC Branch 206 stated that sub judice is a rule that “restricts comments and disclosures pertaining to judicial proceedings to avoid prejudging the issue, influencing the court, or obstructing the administration of justice.”
He ruled that “the court is of the view that the statements made by respondent Atty. Tacardon did not create a ‘clear and present danger’ to the administration of justice.” “Analyzing those statements, the court is of the view that they cannot even considered sub judice in real sense of the term. Respondent Atty. Tacardon merely stated the admission made by the witnesses for the prosecution. The statements made by respondent Atty. Tacardon were substantially consistent with the testimony of those witnesses,” he said.
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