During its full-court session, the SC justices decided to issue a gag order after the lawyers traded contradicting statements on the reported disowning by the fishermen of their petition filed through the Integrated Bar of the Philippines .
However, the second day of the oral arguments last July 9 was canceled after Solicitor General Jose C. Calida manifested to the SC that the group of Zambales and Palawan fishermen has decided to withdraw their signatures from the petition. He submitted the affidavits of the 19 fishermen who manifested the withdrawal of their signatures and eventually the petition. He also presented a video interview of the fishermen who detailed their involvement in the filing of the petition.
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