Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Tuesday welcomed the dismissal of the disbarment case filed against her and hailed the Supreme Court (SC) decision as a “triumph of good against evil.”

In its resolution, the SC stated: “The allegations clearly show that the same are not of the complainant’s personal knowledge. Stripped of its unnecessary trimmings, the allegations are pure hearsay. There is no showing at how, or from whom, or in what capacity, complainant knew of aforesaid allegations.

All we know about the complaints is that ‘he is of legal age, with address at BASECO compound, Port Area, Manila.’ Other than that, we know nothing about him. Also, an examination of the 15-page complaint reveals that the same is not supported by affidavits of persons having personal knowledge of the facts alleged therein.”

The decision came at the heels of the dismissal of a disqualification case filed against her before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) last February on the grounds of insanity.

The complaint, filed by a certain Efren Battad, representing the group Ako’y Moro, sought the senator’s disbarment for alleged violation of anti-graft law, the canons of professional responsibility, and Presidential Decree 1829 (obstruction of apprehension and prosecution of criminal offenders).

Santiago earlier dismissed the complaint as part of black propaganda to put a spoke on her re-election bid.

She also suspected that the complaint was related to her recent exposés on massive government corruption such as the road users’ tax and the euro generals controversy.