MANILA, Philippines — Despite a motion by defense lawyers to stay put, a Quezon City trial court judge decided to inhibit himself from further handling the second batch of 35 Dengvaxia cases.
Judge Cleto Villacorta 3rd, of Regional Trial Court Branch 229, issued a 'final' order dated Sept. 27, 2024, a copy of which was obtained by The Manila Times, recusing himself from handling the other Dengvaxia cases filed before his sala.'With both my and prosecution's subjective assessments, two subtests already favor the existence of just and valid grounds for the plea to recuse myself,' he said.
Baquilod because of the outcome of my resolution in the first eight criminal cases,' Villacorta said.'Further, a reasonable person adheres to the principles of parity, consistency and transparency. The reasonable person will say that I must follow my prior evaluations already made and circulated,' he added.
Inhibits From Handling Dengvaxia Case
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