Opposition solons seek probe into alleged police profiling of lawyers
By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published March 16, 2021 6:26pm
Some lawmakers on Tuesday sought a probe into the alleged profiling being done against legal counsels representing left-leaning personalities.
Members of the Makabayan Bloc as well as Representatives Edcel Lagman and Jose Christopher "Kit" Belmonte filed House Resolution 1657 urging the House Committee on Human Rights to condemn and investigate, in aid of legislation, the police's alleged profiling of lawyers of suspected communists and other left-leaning individuals.
"The legal community is threatened considering the current dismal human rights situation in the country and the recent attacks in lawyers. These brutal attacks and killings of lawyers, prosecutors and judges, are attacks also to all human rights defenders and to the legal profession, which demand a thorough and impartial investigation that should be conducted posthaste," the resolution read.