Social and political criticisms
I watched the interview of Lawyer Kapunan by Tina Monson Palma over the allegations vs her client Napoles. While she was logical and very clear on her stand with regards to alleged illegal detention of Ben Hur Luy, she was not when asked why she took the case.
She said Luy went on a retreat. And the fact is Luy, who is a relative of Napoles was alleged to have malversed funds from Napoles and was alleged to own businesses like call ctrs. etc.
But when asked why she took the case, she was ambivalent and nebulous with her answer.
It was as if you heard former Senator Saguisag being interviewed on why he took a controversial client to defend. (Well we can be practical by saying, that money is good)
She said she was against the crooks behind the PDAF; Whaaat. ???? That would not have been possible without the facilitation of her client. The advocacy of lawyer is sometimes about the legal fees. Had she said that it advocacy and everybody needs equal protection before the law, that would seem more like it.
