MANILA, Philippines — The move of Calbayog police to request for the list of lawyers representing alleged “Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) personalities in Court” is “unbecoming of a police officer”, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Sunday.
CHR spokesperson Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia said this move of PLt. Fernando Calabria, Jr., who serves as chief of the Intelligence Unit of the Calbayog City Police Station, “is unbecoming of a police officer; transcends all legal and statutory basis; and threatens the legal profession by failing to appreciate the role of lawyers in upholding the people’s Constitutional rights.”
“The right to an independent counsel of an accused, pref…
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