THE SUPREME Court says it is deliberating possible actions against former anti-insurgency task force spokesperson Lorraine Badoy, after she made statements containing threats against Manila Regional Trial Court Judge Marlo Malagar.
The SC En Banc also "sternly warns" those who incite violence against judges and their families, saying this would be considered a contempt of court and will be dealt with.
The Philippines' top court initiated the proceedings on its own against the former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict spokesperson, after Badoy accused Malagar of “lawyering” for the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and made threats.
“If I kill this judge and I do so out of my political belief, then please be lenient with me,” Badoy said in a Facebook post.
The judge recently dismissed the government's bid to declare the CPP-NPA as terrorists, based on the Human Security Act of 2007. Badoy also suggested that Malagar's husband, UP Cebu Chancellor Leo Malagar, was a cadre in his youth.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Philippine Judges Association condemned Badoy's statements. (One News)
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