Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta apologizes to the Supreme Court. Earlier, the SC asked Acosta to explain why she should not be cited in contempt for her tirades against the new code of conduct for lawyers. Full story:
Only a few days after the Supreme Court asked her to explain why she should not be cited in contempt, Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta issued an apology to the High Court.Acosta had been warned by the SC over her remarks against the new Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability – the new code of conduct for lawyers.Mga minamahal namin [na] mahistrado, justices of the Supreme Court.
The High Tribunal said that Acosta should explain why she should not be cited for indirect contempt over her social media posts and newspaper articles, “which tended, directly or indirectly, to impede, obstruct, or degrade the administration of justice.” The SC even called Acosta’s tirade a “threat to the independence of the judiciary.”
“We hereby give the discretion and disposition as a lawyer to the individual resident public attorneys assigned in specific courts to comply with the said rule in relation to Sections 131 and 18,2 Canon III thereof,” the order read.
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