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Ayan, may assignment na si Ambassador for Peace and Understanding Manny Pacquaio.
Sa interview ni Judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo sa ANC, tinatawagan niya ang champion na boksingero na pumunta sa hearing ng kasong perjury na isinampa ni Mike Defensor laban kay Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada sa Mayo 28 sa Manila Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 26.
“Nanawagan ako kay Pacquiao na pumunta siya sa May 28 sa courtroom ko, I will allow him to talk to Mike Defensor and Jun Lozada,” sabi niya.
Controversial Manila court judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo revealed Wednesday that someone from Malacañang is trying to persuade him to inhibit himself from the perjury case of NBN-ZTE star witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada.
“Kahit anong pressure ng Malacañang sa akin, hindi ako mag-inhibit (Malacañang cannot pressure me to inhibit),” Lorredo, presiding judge of the Manila Metropolitan Trial Court (MTC) Branch 26, said in an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN News.
Lorredo said that his refusal to inhibit from the case is also meant to protect his fellow magistrates at the Manila MTC.
Updated: Dehydrated Lozada rushed to hospital. Update: Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said Lorredo’s remarks are “extraneous” and that he should stick to the merits of…