THE Supreme Court (SC) en banc on Tuesday threw out the plea of former Iloilo lawmaker Augusto Syjuco to disbar and cite for contempt Senate President Franklin Drilon.

In the regular Tuesday en banc deliberations of the magistrates, the High Court denied the request of Syjuco to punish Drilon for lack of merit.

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