IN a swift action, the Supreme Court denied former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s move for the inhibition on the ground of bias and prejudice of Justice Marvic Mario Victor Leonen.

This brings back memories of my own bitter and painful experience in seeking to inhibit two lower court judges who refused to inhibit. Later, however, their judicial actions — which I deemed to be a product of bias or prejudice — were found to be a mistake by the Court of Appeals (CA).

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