An anti-corruption watchdog will fight tooth-and-nail the plans to convert the historic Army and Navy Club into a casino gaming facility and a five-star boutique hotel before the Philippine Supreme Court.

The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) is planning to elevate the Army-Navy conversion issue before the Supreme Court after the appellate court junked their petition, according to GMA News Network.

In its resolution, the Court of Appeals dismissed the case after the court found that the group violated the principle of hierarchy of courts.

“The hierarchy of courts serves as a general determinant of the appropriate forum for appeals and petitions for extraordinary writs. The principle, as a rule, requires that recourse must be first made to the lower-ranked court exercising concurrent jurisdiction with a higher court,” the CA said.