In its appeal, NUPL reiterated its plea for the SC to stop the respondents (mostly police and military officials) from red tagging and vilifying the NUPL members. READ:
reversal of the Court of Appeals’ 2019 decision that dismissed the group’s plea for protection against what the lawyers called “harassment and threats by the police and the military” against them.
“Your officers of the court are respectfully seeking succor before we, as endangered species, become extinct,” the group said. In its July 26, 2019 decision, the CA ruled that there was no substantial evidence of alleged violations or threats to life, liberty and security of NUPL members. The appellate court said that there was no need to issue the TPO since the writ of amparo issued earlier by the SC “may serve to prevent a threat from becoming an actual violation against the aggrieved party.”
In its manifestation, the NUPL told the SC: “The serious and continuing threats against Petitioners and other NUPL members and the failure to condemn and prosecute these acts of violence is an act of injustice in itself which equally erodes public trust and confidence in our justice system.”
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