CONGESTED. This photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows prison inmates at the crowded courtyard of the Quezon City jail in Manila. Photo by Maria TAN / AFP
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court's decision on an urgent petition to release vulnerable inmates has been delayed because the justice in charge of it is stranded in the Visayas, according to Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. Peralta said on Thursday, June 11, in an online press conference that the member-in-charge cannot get a flight to Manila, which is stopping them from fully deliberating on the petition."The one who will present to the en banc is the member-in-charge, so I hope that he can come this Tuesday and I can assure you that once he's here I believe that case will finally be now resolved," said Peralta.
by political prisoners who asked that the release, if ever, be applied also to prisoners similarly situated, like the sick and the elderly.
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