Apollo Quiboloy FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� A Davao court on Wednesday clarified that the Temporary Protection Order (TPO) issued to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) 鈥渄id not cancel or nullify鈥� the Philippine National Police鈥檚 serving of arrest warrants to its founder, fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy, and others.
According to the Davao Regional Trial Court Branch 15, both the TPO and police operations 鈥渟erve different purposes and are not contradictory to each other.鈥�
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The court also said that the issuance of a warrant of arrest should be necessary and reasonable.
鈥淎ny act beyond its usual prescription must be with judicial imprimatur before it is carried out. Otherwise, the rights sought to be protected by the TPO will be put to naught,鈥� it added.
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The same court, on Tuesday, issued a TPO in favor of the KJC, ordering the police to stop any act that 鈥渢hreatens the life, liberty, or security鈥� of the religious group鈥檚 members.
This is following a raid by around 2,000 police on the 30-hectare KJC compound last Saturday aimed at locating Quiboloy.
In a statement on August 28, the Department of Justice called the TPO 鈥渕oot and academic鈥� and asserted that police operations were conducted lawfully based on a legal order from a co-equal court.