The Public Attorney’s Office is questioning the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for its supposed refusal to accept indigent clients despite its P130.9 million government subsidy and the annual dues from 60,000 private and public lawyers.
clients despite its P130.9 million government subsidy and the annual dues from 60,000 private and public lawyers.
She urged the IBP to adhere to Republic Act 9999 or the Free Legal Assistance Act of 2020 stating that “a private lawyer or professional partnership/firm provides legal assistance to indigents who cannot secure legal services from the PAO, the Department of Justice or any accredited association of the Supreme Court…”
PAO had sought a revision of CPRA’s Section 22, Canon III, which states: “A conflict of interest of any of the lawyers of the Public Attorney’s Office incident to services rendered for the office shall be imputed only to the said lawyer and the lawyer’s direct supervisor. Acosta said the provision puts PAO attorneys at risk because if things go wrong, clients would be given reason to suspect that “their counsels double-crossed them.”
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