Opposition suffers twin setbacks at high court

Opposition lawmakers and critics of the Duterte administration lost two important cases at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, one on the question of the minority leadership at the House of Representatives and the other on whether Congress should immediately convene to review the President’s declaration of martial law.

In its regular Tuesday en banc session, the Supreme Court justices unanimously voted to junk the petition filed by the group of Ifugao Rep. Teodoro Baguilat Jr., who last year assailed the composition of the minority bloc and the minority leadership of Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez