The leader of the opposition bloc in the House of Representatives has nothing but good words for government lawyers defending the poor who have been accused of crimes and remain in jail, mostly for failure to post bail.
A law that House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan authored over 15 years ago has recently earned him a special award from the Public Attorneys' Office (PAO).
House Minority Leader Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan (2nd from left) stands proudly during the 7th National Conven
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo (2)
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo paid tribute to about 2,500 lawyers of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) for “providing indigent, oppressed, marginalized and underprivileged Filipinos free access to the courts.”
Gesmundo was guest during the first day