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UP law profs, 700 others urge SC to probe requests for lawyers of suspected communists
Published March 17, 2021 7:48pm By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Faculty members of the University of the Philippines College of Law have urged the Supreme Court (SC) to investigate police requests for names of lawyers handling cases of suspected communists. Their appeal to the SC came after they found out through inquiries with other lawyers and court officials that aside from the Calbayog City Regional Trial Court similar requests have also been received by other judges. In a letter signed by UP Law dean Edgardo Carlo Vistan II on Tuesday, the faculty members asked the high court to form a committee that will probe the circumstances behind the requests and the connection, if any, behind such attempts to profile and/or red-tag lawyers.
University-of-the-philippinesQuezon-cityPhilippinesCalbayogProvince-of-kalingaPhilippineBenguetCalbayog-cityEdgardo-carlo-vistanFernando-calabria-jrSupreme-courtPhilippine-national-policePublished March 13, 2021 9:24am The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on Saturday said the letter of the Calbayog Police asking a trial court to furnish them with the names of lawyers representing “communist terrorist group personalities” is "improper, deplorable, and alarming." "We are acting on the March 12, 2021 letter to the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court, Calbayog City that went viral, and we are assured by top PNP Officials that there is no directive to PLt Fernando G. Calabria, Jr., Chief Intel/SDEU of the Calbayog City Police Station or to any police unit to secure from the courts the names of lawyers representing suspected communist terrorist groups," the IBP said in a statement.
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