MANILA, Philippines—Whether the petitions on the legality of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs will be resolved this month remains a question as the justice-in-charge of the case is set to retire on June 30.
“Hopefully, Justice EDSA will be able to write his ponencia before he retires,” Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo told reporters.
Associate Justice EDSA is Edgardo Delos Santos who is set for early retirement on June 30. He became the justice-in-charge of the case following the retirement of then Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio.
In 2017, the high court has held an oral argument on the case. Carpio has ordered the Office of the Solicitor-General (OSG) to s…
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