A former Manila councilor asked the high tribunal on Friday to strip Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales of her license as a lawyer for clearing former president Benigno Aquino 3rd of graft in the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), which was allegedly used to bribe senators and congressmen to impeach the late Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Greco Belgica, a senatorial candidate in last year’s polls, accused Morales of violating her oath as a lawyer. “In absolving the [former] president of criminal liability by omitting his name in the discussion relative to the finding of probable cause against former [Budget] secretary Florencio Abad, the Filipino people was deprived of their right to procedural due process,” Belgica said.
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