Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (Screenshot / RTVM / PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Do you think he will have a policy na parang (as if) something that will put his fellow members in the legal profession in personal jeopardy or something to that effect? I don’t think so,” Guevarra said during the Palace briefing. He reminded that the President is also a lawyer.
“Nangyayari yan (The killings have been taking place) because of circumstances and not because of whoever is the head of the present administration,” he pointed out.
Guevarra explained the legal profession has been “fraught with danger.”
“In the profession, many lawyers are representing clients, even before, who are involved in controversial cases,” he said.
Guevarra distances Duterte from rise in legal practitioners killings
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 15) Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra does not see any connection between President Rodrigo Duterte and the high number of legal practitioners killed during his term. [
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am naman nila yan [They know] from the beginning that their profession is fraught with danger, Guevarra said during a virtual briefing Monday. I am not in the position to say
na may kinalaman kung sino ang Presidente doon sa number ng mga namamatay na abogado o piskal o judges.
[Translation: I am not in the position to say that the President has something to do with the number of lawyers, fiscals or judges killed].
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