The Supreme Court of the Philippines has before it a petition by an opposition senator seeking to bar his trial by court-martial. He retired in 2007, before becoming a senator, and has now run afoul of President
Rodrigo Duterte. The military is deferring action until the court rules. Watch this space; this could be an important test for judicial independence. The trial of retirees in a court-martial has been a particular issue in Latin America, as a means of suppressing dissent.
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