Manila, Oct. 1 -- The third remaining case where Mamamayang Liberal Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima was acquitted on drug charges has been ordered terminated by a Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC).

In an order dated Sept. 30, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 204 Presiding Judge Abraham Alcantara granted state prosecutors' motion to withdraw their bid seeking the reversal of de Lima's acquittal.

"With the withdrawal of the motion for reconsideration, this case is hereby deemed closed and terminated," the order stated.

The court emphasized that granting the prosecution's motion for reconsideration would violate the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy, because "it would effectively reopen the prosecution and subject the accused to a...