House to CA: Explain ‘Ilocos 6’ release order

The House of Representatives on Thursday said it will not recall the show-cause order it issued against three Court of Appeals (CA) justices who had ordered the release of six Ilocos Norte government employees under probe over alleged misuse of more than P66 million in tobacco funds.

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte made the statement after Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno called on the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to take back the show-cause order that seeks to compel CA justices Nina Valenzuela, Erwin Sorongon and Presiding Justice Stephen Cruz to explain why they should not be cited in contempt for ordering the House to release the so-called Ilocos 6.