"The named lawyers are not members of the New People’s Army (NPA). They were never captured. They are very much alive, not dead. They are responsible and respected Filipino lawyers who serve well our country in various capacities and meaningfully contribute to nation-building," IBP president Egon Cayosa said.
National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) chairperson Neri Colmenares questioned the sincerity of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) apology to the University of the Philippines alumni who were included in a list of New People’s Army (NPA) recruits.
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Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez on Wed., Jan. 20, 2021 said lawyer groups met with government agencies in the justice sector recently to discuss security issues amid killings of lawyers. Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB/File photo Lawyer groups, gov t agencies discuss security amid murders in legal profession By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS, GMA News
Published January 20, 2021 3:56pm Lawyer groups met with government agencies in the justice sector this month to discuss security issues amid the killings of members of the legal profession in the Philippines. Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez on Wednesday said they are preparing a report to be submitted to Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta, whom he said instructed him to meet with stakeholders to find ways to address attacks against lawyers.
January 20, 2021 THE proposal called Lawyers Protection Program that was formalized Monday, January 13, by 11 lawyers all members of the Cebu province chapter of Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) decidedly takes to a higher level the requested response to the rash of killings of lawyers in Cebu.
The lawyers group has not ramped up the usual condemnation of the state of law and order, which has made lawyering one of the most dangerous careers in the country, and the appeal for law enforcers to end the climate of impunity.
Heavier load on table
Still, the 11 Cebu lawyers have placed a heavier load on the table.
The government will face repercussions over the decision of the Department of National Defense (DND) to unilaterally terminate its accord with the University of the Philippines (UP) that prevented state forces from entering its campuses, an official of an organization of lawyers warned on Tuesday.