Muntinlupa court affirms decision allowing Ragos to testify on De Lima case

Muntinlupa court affirms decision allowing Ragos to testify on De Lima case

By Jairo Bolledo
Rappler.com

MANILA – A Muntinlupa court affirmed its decision allowing former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Rafael Ragos to testify and recant his allegations against former senator Leila de Lima.

The four-page decision by Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204, dated October 18, denied the appeal of prosecutors to review the earlier decision allowing Ragos to testify. The latest decision also stemmed from the prosecutor’s appeal to deny Ronnie Dayan’s motion to recall Ragos.

“After a careful scrutiny of the arguments raised in the motion, this court denies the same for lack of merit. The motion raises no new matters and issues which have not already been considered and passed upon by this court in its order,” the court said.

The court added that a motion that had no new arguments would be “useless” in the proceeding.

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