SUPREME Court justices on Sunday cautioned Justice Secretary Leila De Lima to stop criticizing the courts because she is in no position to review the decisions of magistrates.

The justices were angered by de Lima’s recent verbal attacks against the Court of Appeals (CA). The Justice secretary lambasted the appellate court for “meddling” after it issued a resolution stopping the Department of Justice from filing a P5-billion smuggling case against Phoenix Petroleum.

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