The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) has with­drawn its ap­peal over a judge’s de­ci­sion to up­hold a law­suit from an em­ploy­ee, who was tasked with in­ves­ti­gat­ing a col­league based on a com­plaint, for which for­mer Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Mar­vin Gon­za­les was a wit­ness.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands that at­tor­neys for the au­thor­i­ty filed a no­tice of dis­con­tin­u­ance in the ap­peal a day be­fore it came up for hear­ing be­fore the Court of Ap­peal on Tues­day.

Lancelot Leza­ma brought the law­suit un­der the Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act (FOIA) as he claimed that he was pres­sured by then-se­nior of­fi­cials of the au­thor­i­ty to make find­ings against his col­league Ce­cil Matthews in his probe.