The House of Representatives won’t back down on its show cause order against the three justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) who ordered the release of six government employees of Ilocos Norte being investigated over the alleged misuse of P66 million worth of tobacco funds.

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez stood firm even after Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno called on the House Good Government and Public Accountability panel to take back the show cause order compelling 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 employees whom the media has dubbed the “Ilocos 6”.

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