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(Eagle News)–The Nueva Ecija court hearing the charges filed by Mary Jane Veloso against her alleged recruiters has tentatively set the taking of her testimony against them to December 12. Edre Olalia, National Union of People’s Lawyers president, said, however, that the date was “subject to” the resolution of the motion for reconsideration which alleged recruiters Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao plan to file to challenge the Supreme Court decision that allowed Veloso to […]
Pagpapalabas ng writ of habeas data, hiniling din Moira Encina Eagle News Service Nagpasaklolo na sa Korte Suprema ang National Union of People’s Lawyer o NUPL dahil sa sinasabing pagbabanta sa buhay at seguridad at diumano’y pangha-harass sa mga miyembrong abogado nito ng militar. Ito ay sa harap ng alegasyon ni AFP Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Antonio Parlade Jr. na ang NUPL ay konektado sa Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army at […]
(Eagle News)—The International Criminal Court has begun its preliminary examination of the communication for crimes against humanity filed against President Rodrigo Duterte by the National Union of People’s Lawyers. This as the tribunal based in The Netherlands said in a letter to the NUPL that the communication, which was filed over the drug war, “relates to a situation already under preliminary examination by the Office of the Prosecutor.” The ICC was apparently referring to the […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights on Thursday, Feb. 28, called on the government to ensure the protection of “leftist lawyers,” noting what it said were their “harassment and vilification.” CHR spokesperson Jacqueline Ann de Guia specifically mentioned the members of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao and the National Union of People’s Lawyers, whose member, Atty. Ben Ramos, was gunned down by motorcycle-riding men in November last year. “Lawyers who choose to […]
(Eagle News)–The National Union of People’s Lawyers has assailed the federal charter proposed by the Consultative Committee, saying it “falls into the bait or trap of strongman rule.” According to the NUPL, this was because even if there were “progressive” provisions in the draft, it “effectively grants the incumbent authoritarian powers,” allowing him to appoint “all the members of the independent Constitutional commissions and practically thousands of government officials, which could include the judiciary, while […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Wednesday, June 27, lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte for his statement on loiterers. In a statement, NUPL president Edre Olalia said “vagrancy, as any freshman law student or lawyer who even perfunctorily listens to sedate Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) classes to ensure that their knowledge of the law is updated, is no longer a crime.” “It was decriminalised in 2012. Any existing ordinance […]
(Eagle News) — Two left-leaning groups on Friday, May 11, slammed the decision of the Supreme Court to nullify the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. In a statement, the National Union of People’s Lawyers described as “deplorable, contemptuous and a contortion of the Constitution” the decision favoring the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida against her, with a vote of 8-6. “It is abhorring to see the Supreme Court […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers said retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr. “self-destructed” in his last court hearing on the kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges filed against him. In a text message to reporters on Thursday, NUPL president Edre Olalia said Palparan, who reportedly maintained his innocence in the disappearance of two University of the Philippines students in 2006, “self-destructed with his contrived and sloppy defense.” “It’s all bare denial and blames imagined […]
(Eagle News) — The grenade and gun authorities said were seized from Rafael Baylosis were merely planted, the National Union of People’s Lawyers said. According to NUPL president Edre Olalia, when the National Democratic Front consultant was “seized Wednesday afternoon,” authorities made it appear he had a gun. He said this was because Baylosis had “no outstanding warrant against him.” He said the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 that is hearing the murder charges filed against Baylosis, after […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Monday filed a petition challenging the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao before the Supreme Court. The petition is the second filed since the extension was granted by Congress, upon the request of President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte had cited existing threats in seeking for the extension. In asking the Supreme Court to declare the extension “null and void,” the NUPL argued that such […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Friday expressed disappointment at the Court of Appeals’ recent decision that effectively barred death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso, who is detained in Indonesia, from testifying in the case against her alleged recruiters in the Philippines. “We are disappointed that the taking of her material testimony is being prevented by our own courts, the Court of Appeals in particular, upon motion of the accused illegal […]
