Presiding Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara, who handed down De Lima's second acquittal, currently holds the former senator's remaining drug charge.
If the judge grants the inhibition, the case would be re-raffled again – for the second time this year – to another Muntinlupa court. It will take time for another re-raffle and transfer of necessary case files from one court to another.
In their motion, the prosecutors said they “cannot help but be apprehensive that the Honorable Presiding Judge will carry over his perceptions to the instant case,” pertaining to Judge Alcantara’s previous decision acquitting De Lima. “Thus, to erase any doubt as to the impartiality of the Honorable Presiding Judge as well as to remove any impression that he will similarly decide on the instant case in favor of the accused, the prosecution most respectfully moves that the Honorable Presiding Judge voluntarily inhibit himself from hearing the instant case,” the motion reads.
The panel added that they asked the judge to inhibit “to maintain and preserve the trust and faith of the party-litigants.” They added that the inhibition would preserve the objectivity and impartiality in the administration of justice. . She was accused of enabling illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison to allegedly fund her 2016 senatorial campaign.
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