The high profile lawyer of Maguindanao massacre principal accused Andal Ampatuan Jr. has quit as his counsel.
Raymund Fortun’s withdrawal from the case came before Ampatuan’s camp submitted a memorandum which is the final evidence on the 58 counts murder charges against him before the Quezon City court decides on the case.
Fortun filed the said motion asking the court to allow his law firm, Fortun and Santos Law Offices, to withdraw as counsel for Ampatuan due to personal reasons. The prosecutor has sought that the cases be submitted for resolution pursuant to the court’s previous order. “But having in mind the well-settled rule that the withdrawal as counsel for a party with the client’s written conformity does not require the approval of the court to be effective, the Court rules to grant the relief being prayed for,” as stated in the order.
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