SENATORS Franklin Drilon and Francis Escudero on Thursday said the Supreme Court must immediately intervene in the standoff between Malacañang and the Office of the Ombudsman over the Palace suspension of Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang, to avert a constitutional crisis.

Malacañang on Monday placed Carandang on a 90-day suspension for his alleged illegal disclosure of the bank records of President Rodrigo Duterte and some of his family members. Carandang handles the probe on the reported ill-gotten wealth of the President.

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