The legal professionals of former Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday filed an administrative grievance in opposition to a Muntinlupa decide earlier than the Judicial Integrity Board.
The grievance was lodged in opposition to Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256 Judge Romeo Buenaventura belatedly inhibiting himself from the remaining drug case of De Lima, in accordance with former dean Tony La Viña, authorized counsel of the complainants.
“We are here for [the] administrative complaint against Judge Buenaventura by the lawyers of Senator Leila de Lima,” La Viña stated in an ambush interview.
According to Cristina Yambot, one other authorized counsel, the complainants consider that the delayed inhibition is “tainted.”
“At dahil dito ay nagkaroon ng sense of impropriety. ‘Yung mga proseso ay nakitaan ng hindi patas. Kumbaga hindi naging patas dahil po belated lang na tuklasan at hindi dinisclose na si Judge Buenaventura po pala ay related po sa isang abugado sa isang co-accused ni former Senator Leila de Lima sa isang kaso,” Yambot stated.
(There was a way of impropriety due to this. The course of was not truthful. It was not truthful as a result of it was found late and Judge Buenaventura didn’t disclose that he was associated to the lawyer of a co-accused in one other case of former Senator Leila de Lima.)
Buenaventura inhibited from the case in June after studies got here out that the decide is the brother of Emmanuel Buenaventura, who labored as a lawyer for former congressman Reynaldo Umali.
Umali was beforehand the chairman of the House justice committee, which held an inquiry in 2016 into De Lima’s alleged involvement within the unlawful drug commerce within the New Bilibid Prison in trade for election marketing campaign funds.
In his protection, Buenaventura stated that having a brother who labored for the congressman was not ample to show that he acted with malice, unhealthy religion, or partiality.
He additionally stated he had no private information that his brother was a former counsel to the lawmaker.
According to Yambot, although they’ve a prayer of their grievance, they’re leaving the suitable motion to the Supreme Court.
De Lima has been detained in Camp Crame since February 2017 over drug allegations. She has repeatedly denied the costs.
Her remaining drug case was re-raffled to the Muntinlupa RTC Branch 206. Two of the drug instances in opposition to her have been dismissed.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
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