(AC team member Melchor Vergara contributed to this report)

In the latest episode of “As the Legal World Turns,” blogger Mark Anthony Lopez, affectionately dubbed the “Kuryente King,” is reportedly drafting a petition to the Supreme Court. His mission? To prevent a one-on-one debate with the indomitable 101-year-old Juan Ponce Enrile, who wishes to refute Lopez’s claims about a staged ambush leading to Martial Law.

Lopez, never one to shy away from the courtroom spotlight, previously joined forces with fellow DDS bloggers to seek a certiorari from the high court, aiming to dodge Congress’s invitations to discuss fake news. Evidently, facing legislators is more daunting than facing libel charges, as Lopez is also among the plaintiffs in a cyber libel case against Congressman Ace Barbers. 

One might argue that the justice system is alive and kicking, given Lopez’s litigious escapades. Yet, his circle continues to hurl critiques at the current administration, perhaps mistaking the courtroom for a stage and themselves for the main act. In this legal theater, the lines between plaintiff and performer blur, leaving us all wondering: who’s really holding the script?