MANILA, Philippines — The police’s request to have the list of lawyers representing suspected members of communist groups goes against the duty to serve as counsel regardless of political affiliations or ideological beliefs, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) said on Friday.
According to IBP President Domingo Cayosa, the Calbayog City Police Station’s letter to the Calbayog Regional Trial Court (RTC) is improper as it disregards the principle of lawyers’ freedom and responsibility to defend people in court — aside from being discriminatory because it leans to one side of the political fence.
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