Several lawyers based in Mindanao have called out the PNP after its provincial office purportedly ordered the profiling of a counsel for an alleged communist rebel. | GabrielLaluINQ
At least sixteen attorneys issued a statement Thursday condemning a purported memorandum from the Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office instructing the Lianga Municipal Police Station to profile a lawyer allegedly defending a suspected insurgent in court.
“Unfortunately, it can be recalled that similar lawyer profiling incidents have also occurred in the past that sent clear chilling effects on the members of the bar. PNP members, as law enforcers, are duty-bound and expected to assist in the administration of justice, not to make a mockery of our laws and transgress them with impunity,” they added.The lawyers also urged Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr.
“We call upon the Honorable Supreme Court to take a more aggressive stance in protecting the members of the Bench and Bar, as these continuing attacks on the legal profession erode public trust and confidence in our justice system. Without a justice system, we have no civilization, no better than savages,” they added.INQUIRER.
Israelito Torreon, former IBP Governor, Eastern Mindanao Region/ dean Jose Maria Colleges – School of LawLynnart Walford Tan, dean, St. Thomas More School of Law and Business – College of LawSocorro Ermac-Cabreros, former president, IBP Davao City ChapterMarcos Chua, Jr., former president, IBP Davao City ChapterPeter Neil Trinidad, president, IBP Surigao del Sur ChapterThese lawyers emphasized that legal practitioners should be allowed to do their work without fear of being profiled.
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