MANILA, Philippines — Crossing party lines, eight lawyer-senators on Wednesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to take necessary actions to ensure the safety of lawyers and judges, who have been recently targetted by attacks.
The senators issued the call through Senate Resolution No. 691, which also expressed their strong condemnation of the “alarming” number of violent attacks on members of the legal community and the killings of lawyers and judges in the country.
They urged the President to “undertake the necessary steps in ensuring the safety of the members of the legal profession by laying out definitive solutions and actions to address such rampant violence and…
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