Lawyers urge Supreme Court to hold Badoy accountable
Lawyers urge Supreme Court to hold Badoy accountable
LORRAINE BADOY
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“We call on the Supreme Court to not let this pass and to take immediate, concrete and firm action to protect justice actors and rule of law. The Court must hold accountable those who threaten and malign our judges and lawyers.”
By Anne Marxze D. Umil
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – More than 400 lawyers formally asked the Supreme Court to act on the attacks on judicial independence.
This is after former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Spokesperson Lorraine Badoy red-tagged and insinuated to kill Manila Presiding Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar and her husband.
They sent their statement to the SC justices on Sept. 30.
The lawyers said that they are heartened by the high court’s public statement sternly warning those who incite violence against the judges and their families. However, they said that they “look forward to the specific action that the Honorable Court will finally take on the matter to exact accountability from Ms. Badoy and others.”
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