22/01/2026
The ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค, during its session today, January 21, 2026, denied the motion for reconsideration filed by retired Court of Appeals Associate Justice Isaias P. Dicdican seeking to lift his preventive suspension from the practice of law and restore his pension and retirement benefits.
In denying Dicdicanโs motion for reconsideration, the SC stressed that the preventive sanctions were not meant to punish him, but to serve as precautionary measures.
In 2025, the SC formally charged Justice Dicdican with gross misconduct for his alleged involvement in the murder of Atty. Joey Luis B. Wee, who was shot and killed on November 23, 2020 in Cebu City.
Following the filing of the charge, the SC ordered Justice Dicdicanโs preventive suspension from the practice of law and the discontinuation of his pension and retirement benefits pending the resolution of his administrative case.
The SC explained that preventive suspension is necessary because Justice Dicdican, having practiced law and served as a Court of Appeals Justice in Cebu, may have possible influence that could obstruct the ongoing criminal and administrative cases against him.
Under the ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, preventive suspension is imposed to prevent interference with an investigation. This includes tampering, hiding, or destroying evidence, and intimidating witnesses.
Read the full text of the Press Briefer at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=159464
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