CA justice defends ruling vs House on ‘Ilocos 6’

A magistrate of the Court of Appeals (CA), who earned the ire of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez for ordering the release of the so-called Ilocos 6 or the provincial employees of Ilocos Norte who were detained by the House of Representatives, is defending his ruling against the chamber.

Associate Justice Stephen Cruz, when asked by retired SC Associate Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, chairman of the Judicial and Bar Council Executive Committee, why his division issued the writ of habeas corpus, he replied that he was merely doing his job.