City comment sought on judge’s inhibition
Judge Alexander Acosta of the Regional Trial Court Branch 9 yesterday asked Cebu City Hall to comment on former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña’s petition for him to inhibit from handling the Doña Pepang Cemetery demolition case.
READ: Tomas wants judge to inhibit from Doña Pepang cemetery case
City lawyers have five days to do so. Osmeña’s lawyer Benjamin Militar said the judge should let go of the case right away instead of asking the city lawyers to comment on their motion for inhibition.
The Cebu City government plans to transform the cemetery into a heritage park the cemetery. The judge dismissed a petition of Osmena seeking to stop the demolition of houses at the cemetery.
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