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Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque expressed hope Wednesday that the Supreme Court will look into the rest of his plea against the investigation of four House committees, which cited him in contempt and ordered his detention.On Tuesday, the SC dismissed Roque’s petition for a writ of amparo and sustained his petition for a writ of prohibition.
In his petition, Roque asked the SC to issue a writ of amparo prohibiting his arrest and a temporary order to prohibit the House of Representatives Quad Committee from enforcing the arrest order against him.Roque’s camp also asked the court to issue a writ of certiorari and a writ of prohibition to prevent the QuadComm from requiring Roque to produce any additional document or to attend any future hearing.The SC required the QuadComm to comment on the petition.
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