Otso Diretso senatorial candidates have asked the DOJ to disqualify the OSG from participating in the sedition case before the DOJ. | T2TupasINQ
Former Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano and fellow opposition candidates and Free Legal Assistance Group lawyers Erin Tañada and Chel Diokno as well as former Supreme Court Spokesman Theodore Te cited conflict of interest and lack of authority on the part of the OSG.
“The PNP-CIDG has a service with lawyers in its ranks at disposal. There is no justification for the intervention of OSG in these proceedings, especially considering patent lack of authority as well as highly probable conflict of interest,” read FLAG’s motion.
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