The Supreme Court denied a motion by defeated mayoral candidate Alex Lopez in which he seeks to intervene in the case concerning the "no contact apprehension policy" or NCAP, now pending before the High Court.
In an en banc resolution issued on 11 October 2022 but which was released just recently, the SC resolved to deny the motion for intervention dated 21 September 2022 which was filed for intervenor-complainant Lopez by his counsel.
This is in connection with the case earlier lodged by the Kilusan sa Pagbabago ng Industriya ng Transportasyon, Inc. et al against the city of Manila and the case filed by a certain Atty. Juman Paa against the Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Maynila or the Manila City Council.
A motion for intervention is a petition in which a person seeks to be permitted to intervene in a lawsuit involving other parties so that his own rights and interests may be protected by a judgment or decree or if he has legal interest in the matter in litigation or in the success of either of the parties, or an interest against both.
Acting on the cases, the SC earlier temporarily stopped the implementation of NCAP in five Metro Manila cities as it issued a temporary restraining order against the said policy.