Mangudadatu, others to file disbarment complaint vs Fortun
11/23/2010A disbarment complaint is set to be filed against the lawyer of the Ampatuan clan by Maguindanao Gov. Datu Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu and relatives of the victims of last year’s Maguindanao massacre.
Aside from Mangudadatu, other signatories in the complaint against defense counsel Philip Fortun which was originally scheduled to be filed yesterday were Nenita Oquendo, Engineer Denis Ayos, lawyer Ma. Gemma Oquendo — and the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists.
The petitioners accused Fortun, who represents Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr., and Ampatuan Sr. of breach of professional conduct “ by using and abusing legal remedies available and allowed under the rules” to unduly delay the proceedings.
“Respondent Atty. Fortun had astutely embarked in an untiring quest to obstruct, impede and degrade the administration of justice by filing countless causes of action, all in the hope of burying the principal issue of his client’s participation or guilt in the murder of 57 persons that ill-fated day of Nov. 23, 2009,” the petitioners added..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101123nat2.html
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