Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno led the Supreme Court in exonerating three judges accused by President Rodrigo Duterte in August of involvement in the drug trade.

In a resolution penned by Sereno, the high court terminated the fact-finding investigation against Judge Exequil Dagala of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Dapa-Socorro in Surigao del Norte; Judge Adriano Savillo of Iloilo City Regional Trial Court Branch 30 and Judge Domingo Casiple of Kalibo, Aklan Regional Trial Court Branch 7.

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