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Duterte urges PSG bar passers to practice law

Published Apr 25, 2022 01:22 pm

President Duterte has encouraged members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) who passed the 2020-2021 Bar Examination to practice law, whether in private or in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

President Duterte meets the Presidential Security Group (PSG) troopers who passed the 2020-2021 Bar Examinations in Malacañang on April 21, 2022. (PSG photo)

The PSG made this statement after Duterte personally met three PSG members who passed the bar exams on April 12.

In a statement, PSG spokesperson Major Zeerah Blanche Lucrecia said the President invited Capt. Joan Don Napay, Lt. April Bayabao, and PSSg Byron Angelo Bacud at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on April 21 for a photo opportunity and to congratulate them.

Napay is currently assigned at PSG Station Hospital, while Bayabo is from the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics.

Bacud, on the other hand, a member of the Philippine National Police (PNP), is from the Presidential Police Security Force Unit (PPSFU).

They were presented to the President by PSG Commander BGen Randolph Cabangbang.

According to Capt. Napay, the President shared his personal experiences as a lawyer and prosecutor when he was still in practice.

The President likewise "recommended reading more books on trial techniques and encouraged the new lawyers to engage in the practice, whether in the AFP or private."

When asked if she would practice law, Napay said she planned to spend more time with the government first.

"In the meantime po, ako po, I am planning to serve po muna sa AFP (In the meantime, I am planning to serve at the AFP for now)," she said.

Bacud, on the other hand, said he would stay in the PNP and may leave the PSG to provide legal service to the PNP and his fellow police officers.

"I am already preparing the documents required by the PNP for my application through lateral entry for legal officers. This means I will be commissioned with the rank of Police Captain and will be reassigned to Legal Service, a technical unit in the PNP which provides legal service to the PNP and its members," he said.

For Bayabao, she said she would continue serving the people through the AFP for now but keeping her doors open to having her private practice.

"This is just the beginning, and there is still a lot to learn. So hopefully, while in the AFP, I can practice the profession," she said.

"As to private practice, maybe in the future. I am open to any kind of practice of law. Anyway, there is only one goal, to promote justice and protect the rights of people," she added.

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