ORMOC CITY, Leyte: Pending cases are expected to mount as government prosecutors here have stopped attending court hearings since Monday in protest over the non-appointment of permanent assistant prosecutors.

The Manila Times learned that Provincial Prosecutors Erwin James Fabriga and Melissa Macapugas have been absent since Monday. Their absence reportedly had the blessing of the city chief prosecutor’s office where the duo is detailed in.

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