DISBARMENT charges were filed on Friday before the Supreme Court against the leadership of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines after it allegedly allowed a man claiming to be the hooded figure behind a series of videos against family members and allies of President Rodrigo Duterte the use of IBP facilities in his “coming out.”

In a Complaint Affidavit lodged before the high court, the Kabalikat Partylist 149 sought to discipline and penalize IBP President Abdiel Dan Elijah S. Fajardo and incoming Domingo Egon Q. Cayosa for violation of Rule 1.02 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, which states that “a lawyer shall not counsel or abet activities at defiance of the law or at lessening confidence in the legal system.”