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No writ of amparo for Roque, but SC directs quad comm to comment on plea for prohibition

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<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1727772864316172717568776320220907-roque-tollosa-doj-GC-1.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Atty. Harry Roque noong September 7, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"></span></span></span></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Atty. Harry Roque noong September 7, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</p><div><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">MANILA — The Supreme Court has denied former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s petition for a writ of amparo against the committees of the House of Representatives holding hearings on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators and other issues linked to the Duterte administration, saying the remedy does not apply to his situation.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">The court has also directed the House Quad Committee — the four panels holding joint hearings — to comment on Roque’s request for the SC to prohibit them from summoning him to future hearings.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/23/roque-s-daughter-files-writ-of-amparo-petition-vs-house-quad-comm-1705">READ: Roque’s daughter files writ of amparo petition vs. House quad comm</a></div><div>In a release, the SC Public Information Office said the court held that “amparo is not the proper remedy against Congressional contempt and detention orders.“<br/><br/>Roque is the subject of a detention order from the House after being cited in contempt for failing to submit documents that the committees had directed him to provide.<br/><br/>“The scope of amparo is limited to extralegal killings and enforced disappearances, or threats thereof, which are not present in this case,” the SC PIO said Tuesday.</div><div><br/></div><p>It added the Quad Comm has 10 days from receipt of the SC resolution on Roque’s petition to comment on the plea for prohibition.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/16/house-now-considers-harry-roque-a-fugitive-lawmaker-948" id="isPasted" style="-webkit-user-select:auto">READ: House now considers Harry Roque a &#x27;fugitive&#x27; — lawmaker</a></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Roque, a former human rights lawyer whom then President Rodrigo Duterte tapped to be his spokesman, has been linked to Lucky South 99, a POGO in Porac, Pampanga that authorities raided earlier this year over reports of torture, human trafficking and scam operations there.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">He has denied the allegations, saying  he only represented Cassandra Li Ong, whom lawmakers are also investigating for links to POGO operations, in what he thought was an estafa case.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Previously cited in contempt and held overnight, Roque has referred to himself as a political detainee of the Marcos Jr. administration.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DucmqSXgjnM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The Supreme Court has denied former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s petition for a writ of amparo against the committees of the House of Representatives holding hearings on POGO and other issues linked to the Duterte administration, saying the remedy does not apply to his situation.</p>

The Supreme Court has denied former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s petition for a writ of amparo against the committees of the House of Representatives holding hearings on POGO and other issues linked to the Duterte administration, saying the remedy does not apply to his situation.