The Solicitor General and former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will join forces on Monday in asking the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to bar Justice Marvic Mario Victor Leonen from participating in deliberations on the election protest filed by Marcos.

According to well-placed sources of The Manila Times, Solicitor General Jose Calida and Marcos will file a motion compelling Leonen to inhibit from the case.

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