THE incoming 19th Congress should review the rules used by lawmakers to charge witnesses with contempt and detain them without a court trial. This concern, of course, stems from the Senate's blue ribbon committee investigation of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., which allegedly overpriced items sold to the government during the pandemic. Before the Senate adjourned last week, it finally released the two Pharmally executives, who were kept in the Pasay City Jail for about six months.

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