Calida faces ex-SolGen Cadiz, 12 others in anti-terror law oral arguments
Jan 13, 2021 5:08 PM PHT
In his 4 years of facing the Supreme Court on behalf of President Rodrigo Duterte s government, Solicitor General Jose Calida faces his toughest battle yet. He has to defend the contested anti-terror law opposite 13 lawyers handpicked by the best and brightest who make up the 37 groups of petitioners.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) sent on Wednesday, January 13, a manifestation on behalf of all the petitioners naming their 13 representatives to the much-awaited oral arguments on January 19. Leading them is former solicitor general Jose Anselmo Cadiz.
The Supreme Court had asked for only 8 presenting lawyers to make the oral arguments orderly, but the petitioners submitted 13 names, 6 of whom are alternates to the main oralists.