Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has assured the government is not ignoring the rising number of killings of lawyers.
“We’re doing something about it,” he stressed during the recent Laging Handa briefing.
“We cannot afford to disregard this situation kasi ang ating buong justice system ay mapeperhuwisyo, ay mada-damage kung ang ating mga abogado will be killed just like that,” he explained.
On the part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Guevarra said dialogue continues with stakeholders concerning the issue.
“Kaya nga nagkaroon kami recently ng mga series of dialogues kasama pati ang Supreme Court at ang representatives ng Integrated Bar of the Philippines to discuss how to deal with this situation,” he noted.
“Kasi ang mga lawyers, ang mga prosecutors, ang mga judges, isama na natin pati iyong sa law enforcement who are also lawyers, sila iyong nagpapatakbo ng ating criminal justice system,” he added.
Guevarra also said the DOJ is also conducting an inventory of cases concerning killed lawyers.
“After we have completed the inventory of all these cases ay imu-monitor namin very closely ang development sa investigation at sa prosecution,” he assured.
There is believed to be a total of 56 lawyers including prosecutors and magistrates who have been killed under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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