Statement
I accept the wisdom of the Supreme Court to suspend me for one year. All lawyers are under the disciplinary power of the Court and I am no exception.
Back in 2018 to 2019, I was fighting for the life and liberty of my brother. And my familyโs safety and reputation.
I felt helpless and powerless except for my small voice on social media. We were nobodies and I was screaming against the void.
If being suspended is the price I have to pay for defending my family, then it is a price I will pay in any lifetime.
I recognize that words, contained in a tweet, have power and my choice of words should have consequences. All lawyers should be held accountable for their words and actions.
That is why I prostrate myself to the Supreme Court for disciplining me and in the same vein, I beg the Honorable Court to resolve the pending disbarment cases of former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte, to show that indeed, no one is above the law.
And to our dear Senator-Judges, if a lawyer like me can be suspended for cursing, then a Vice President like Sara Duterte should likewise be answerable not just for cursing but for threatening the life of the President and the First Lady.
Accountability should apply to all, big or small.
#Accountability
#SciOTD ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฃ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ
On this day in 1991, as the Philippines commemorated Independence Day, Pinatubo Volcano had its first major eruption, sending an ash column up to nearly 24 km high!
Nearly 48 hours after the government raised the alarm and Clark Airbase evacuated, Pinatubo unleashed its first major fury, proving that the warnings were right. Scientists call this the 'throat-clearing' phase of Pinatubo, which preceded its largest eruption on June 15.
Here's a video excerpt from the documentary ๐ ๐ง. ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ข ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ญ: ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ (๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฏ), showing the scenes on the ground during the 12 June 1991 eruption of the volcano. #Kalayaan2026 #Pinatubo
@kikopangilinan IMPOKRITO TALAGA KAYO... KAPAG SA INYO, OK lang at KAPAG AGAINST sa GUSTO NYO, BAWAL or HINDI PEDI.. ngayon WALK OUT kayo.. mga IMPOKRITO...
"Escape"? Walang kaso si Sen. Bato dito sa Pilipinas. Walang karapatan ang kahit na sinong foreign entity na mag-impose ng kahit anong kagustuhan nila sa Pilipinas at mga Pilipino. We have a fully functioning judiciary, padaanin sa tamang proseso.
Someone has to be made accountable for Batoโs escape.
No less than the DILG Secretary and PNP Chief entered the senate building last night to secure the senators.
The public was assured last night Bato was in the โ5th foor, in his room, restingโ. Batoโs lawyer showed a video last night of Bato supposedly in the senate.
The senate building shouldโve been secured last night - no one in, no one out.
We need answers. How did Bato escape? Who helped him?
@llip31868@ryuphl@inquirerdotnet No foreign courts has authority over Filipino citizens. Anyone who says so is a traitor to this country, it's constitution and its people.
@Jjcruz2 wait lang tayo. dahil sa kabalbalan niya mao-OD yan. At tigil-tigilan nila ako na sasabihin nagwiwish ako mamatay si BBM. Kung ma-OD yan hindi ako ang nagsaksak ng drungs sa kanya, kusa niyang pinanindigan pagka-adik niya pag nangyari yan