A copy of the Nov. 20, 2020 order of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 92 Judge Eleuterio L. Bathan denying a petition of nine militant groups' leaders for a provisional remedy to a perjury case filed by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. (Contributed photo) QUEZON CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- Some nine leaders of militant groups with reported links to the Communist Party of the Philippines- New People's Army (CPP-NPA) failed to secure a provisional remedy to a perjury case filed by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. in March last year, a report by the Philippine News Agency on Monday said.