SC issues show-cause order vs Badoy over posts on Manila judge

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MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:31 p.m.) — The Supreme Court has ordered former Palace official Lorraine Badoy-Partosa to explain why she should not be cited in contempt of the court over her posts concerning Manila Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar.

The SC in an en banc session on Tuesday issued a show-cause order against Badoy-Partosa. She was given 30 calendar days from receipt of resolution to submit her explanation on why she should not be cited in contempt of the judiciary and the high court.

The SC Public Information Office said in a statement that Badoy should respond to the following issues under oath:

• Whether or not she posted or caused the posting of the statements attacking the September 21, 2022 Resolution rendered by the Regional Trial Court in Civil Case No. R MNL-18-00925-CV in any or all of her social media accounts;
• Whether or not her social media post encouraged more violent language against the judge concerned in any or all of her social media platforms;
• Whether or not her post, in the context of social media and in the experience of similar incendiary comments here or abroad, was a clear incitement to produce violent actions against a judge and is likely to produce such act; and
• Whether or not her statements on her social media accounts, implying violence on a judge, is part of her protected constitutional speech

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