SC: LGU lawyers cannot represent local public execs

The Supreme Court has ruled that legal officers of local government units may not represent public officials of the towns, cities and provinces where they are employed in administrative and criminal cases filed before the Office of the Ombudsman.

The administrative cases against Degamo reached the Court of Appeals and the SC where Enojo also represented the former governor as counsel. It was when the cases reached the SC that the disbarment of Enojo was filed. On June 4, 2020, the IBP-CBD recommended the dismissal of the complaint against Enojo for lack of merit. On March 13, 2021, the IBPÂ’s Board of Governors approved the recommendation.“Here, it is worthy to reiterate that respondent represented 226395, 228238, and 228325, Degamo was charged with several administrative offenses.

The SC noted that at the time the petition to disbar was filed, respondent was a government lawyer, employed as provincial legal officer of Negros Oriental.

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