A group of farmers has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to sack Davao City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 16 Presiding Judge Emmanuel Carpio for issuing an order restraining the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from seizing 91,800 bags of imported white rice last year.

The complaint filed by Jaime Tadeo Alyansa, Agrikultura leader and chairperson of the National Farmers Council, sought the dismissal of Carpio, a brother of Ombudsman (OMB) Conchita Carpio Morales.

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