The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a former anti-communist spokesperson of government to explain why she should not be cited in contempt for allegedly threatening a Manila trial court judge on Facebook. READ:
The tribunal gave ex-spokesperson Lorraine Marie T. Badoy 30 days to explain her threats against Judge Marlo A. Magdoza-Malagar, who had ruled that the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, were not terrorist organizations, the court said in a statement.
The High Court issued the order after more than a hundred lawyers on Sept. 26 condemned the so-called red-tagging. In a separate Facebook post on Sept. 28, Ms. Badoy said she did not wish harm on Ms. Malagar but was speaking hypothetically. “Such shameless and public behavior towards an honorable public official is not only a conduct that tends to impede, obstruct or degrade the administration of justice, but is ultimately a direct affront against the dignity, honor, prestige and independence of the entire judicial system,” the plaintiffs said in a 35-page petition.
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