PAO chief slams red-tagging in Surigao del Sur

By Arlie O. Calalo

Apr 10, 2023 12:09 am

PUBLIC Attorney's Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta and lawyer Lorenzo 'Larry' Gadon have criticized the Surigao del Sur provincial police for red-tagging and profiling a PAO lawyer for 'assisting rebels.'

In separate interviews, Rueda-Acosta and Gadon were one in reminding the provincial police chief, Col. Dennis Siruno, that the PAO is the government's principal law office in extending free legal assistance to indigent persons in criminal, civil, labor, administrative and other quasi-judicial cases.

PAO chief Persida Rueda-Acosta. File Photo

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