By Romeo T. Capulong
As a human rights lawyer and now a member of a United Nations Criminal Tribunal, and particularly because of my unforgettable experience in March 1995, in our collective efforts to save the life of Flor Contemplacion, I feel honored to be one of your speakers in this important conference. read more »
By Romeo T. Capulong
It was a time of great awakening. It was a season of dying for a desperate regime. It was a moment of great hope for an indignant people. It was a point of no return for an isolated ruler. It was the flowering of the people's movement. It was the winter of desolation for a tottering, puppet regime facing its last days.
The lawyer in a time of upheaval is a marcher for freedom, a toiler for the future that the masses are creating with their own hands. read more »
By Romeo T. Capulong
A week ago the lawyers of respondent Joseph Ejercito Estrada held a meeting with their client to discuss their defense strategy in the impeachment trial. The defense lawyers were worried that the most important client of their career would not follow the script meticulously laid out by them or, worse, would not be able to fully grasp the defense theory before the start of the trial. At the end of the long meeting, one of the defense lawyers asked the client if he wanted to comment on the lawyers’ presentation. read more »
