Habeas corpus gets no release

NO martial law has been declared outside of Mindanao but it would seem the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus has been suspended in the rest of the Philippines.

On June 2, the House of Representatives apparently prevented Sergeant-at-Arms Roland Detabali from heeding a petition for such a writ that had been issued by the Court of Appeals requiring him to produce before the appellate court six employees of the provincial government of Ilocos Norte who were being investigated by the chamber for alleged misuse of more than P66 million in tobacco funds under the watch of Gov. Imee Marcos.