The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has urged the House of Representatives to withdraw its show cause order against three Court of Appeals (CA) magistrates who ordered the release on bail of six officials of the provincial government of Ilocos Norte.

In a two-page statement, the IBP explained that withdrawing the show cause order will avert a clash between two co-equal branches of government – congress and the judiciary.

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