‘Jardeleza should stay away from DAP, Luisita cases’

NEWLY appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza should show delicadeza (good taste) by inhibiting himself from the cases he handled for the government and the family of President Benigno Aquino 3rd, including petitions concerning Hacienda Luisita and San Miguel Corp. (SMC), some groups said on Thursday.

In separate interviews with The Manila Times, Vicente Joyas, president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP); and Renato Reyes Jr., secretary general of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), said Jardeleza should recuse himself from all cases that he handled before he was appointed as associate justice of the Supreme Court.