The country's top lawyers, representing the respondents in the inciting to sedition complaint, bear down on the Office of the Solicitor General. lianbuan reports:
SEDITION COMPLAINT. The country's noted lawyers Neri Colmenares, Florin Hilbay, Erin Tañada, Rene Saguisag, Chel Diokno and Edre Olalia are present during the DOJ's first hearing on the inciting to sedition coplaint against the opposition on August 9, 2019. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler
In what was supposed to be just a cursory hearing to serve parties with copies of pleadings, noted human rights lawyer Arno Sanidad of the Free Legal Assistance Group raised the question of why the OSG was representing theSanidad represents his fellow FLAG lawyers who are among the 36 respondents in the case: Chel Diokno, Erin Tañada, Theodore Te, and Fhillip Sawali.
The manifestation turned into a formal motion, which was quickly adopted by the lawyers of Senator Leila de Lima and former solicitor general Florin Hilbay.The primary mandate of the OSG is to represent the government in court, particulary in cases on appeal. The DOJ hearing is prosecutorial level.
"Kung nakikialam na sila sa imbestigasyon pa lang, wala na 'yung kalayaan na 'yun, masisira ang intensyon ng batas" should not sandbag itself into becoming the defender of the attempt of the administration to eliminate all dissent and dissenters."
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