MANILA, Philippines — At least 157 members of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law faculty and more than 700 lawyers have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to address and investigate a police station’s request for a list of lawyers representing alleged members of communist groups.
According to a letter from UP College of Law Dean Edgardo Carlo Vistan II, the high court must act on the Calbayog City Police Station’s request as it affects the independence of the judiciary and lawyers, who are allowed to represent clients regardless of political beliefs and ideologies.
In Vistan’s letter dated March 16, he said that aside from investigating and coordinating with offices …
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