The Court of Appeals has refused to stop the military and police leadership from issuing public statements supposedly maligning the activities of the NUPL, which is composed of human rights lawyers. | T2TupasINQ
The court added that, since the human rights organization had accused the police and military of harassment, it should have identified an accredited or to-be-accredited person or private institution that they would want to be protected.
“In applying for the issuance of TPO, petitioners did not bother to furnish this Court with a full list of the individual NUPL members, dispersed presumably far and wide across the country, for whom they seek the benefit of such relief,” the court said in the ruling, which was written by Associate Justice Pedro B. Corales.
“Furthermore, given their allegations against the police and military authorities, petitioners should have identified an accredited or to be accredited person or private institution capable of providing the protection desired as required under Sec. 14 of the rule on the writ of amparo,” it added. The ruling also noted that writ of amparo issued by the Supreme Court last May 3, 2019, remanded the case for trial before the Court of Appeals.“The privilege of the writ of amparo, once granted, necessarily entails the protection of the aggrieved party. Thus, given the Supreme Court’s issuance of the privilege of the writ of amparo, there is no need to issue a TPO,” the court said.The decision was concurred in by Associate Justices Stephen C. Cruz and Germano Francisco D. Legaspi.
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