Gadon faces 4th disbarment complaint from Pinoy Ako Blogger

Gadon was already booed while he was in the middle of an interview with the media, but when one of Sereno’s supporters taunted him, the said lawyer raised his middle finger and delivered oral profanity to the supporters (Photo: Atty. Lorenzo ‘Larry’ Gadon/Facebook)

The lawyer behind one of the impeachment complaints against the country’s Chief Justice is facing his fourth disbarment complaint, this time filed by a blogger.

Pinoy Ako Blog’s (PAB’s) Jover Laurio filed the said complaint against Attorney Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon on April 24, Tuesday.

Accusing Gadon of committing gross ignorance of the law and grossly immoral conduct, Laurio and several other complainants filed the said case before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).

The complaint stemmed from Gadon’s actions and reactions to the supporters of the chief magistrate Maria Lourdes Sereno on April 10.

Gadon was already booed while he was in the middle of an interview with the media, but when one of Sereno’s supporters taunted him, the said lawyer raised his middle finger and delivered oral profanity to the supporters. Gadon’s actions were recorded by the media who filmed him for the interview.

While this was the case, Laurio in her complaint, still called the protest “peaceful.”

“Gadon’s acts and raising the dirty finger without provocation against peaceful protesters are conduct unbecoming of a lawyer and grossly immoral conduct,” the complaint read.

However, Laurio also accused Gadon of gross ignorance of the law for his impeachment complaint against Sereno.

“The legal principle that impeachable public officers – especially including the Chief Justice – cannot be removed from office except by impeachment and they cannot be criminally or administratively charged is very basic and elementary,” the complaint stated.

Meanwhile, ABS-CBN quoted Laurio telling the reporters, “’Yung ginawa niya, bukod sa hindi magandang halimbawa sa mga abogado, hindi rin magandang halimbawa sa mga kabataan. Sabi niya, okay lag ma-disbar ‘di ba? Eh ‘di ibigay natin ‘yung hiling niya (What he did was not just a bad example to other lawyers, but also a bad example to the youth. He did say that he was fine with being disbarred right? Then let us give him that wish).”

Last week, groups of students and activists already filed disbarment cases against Gadon for his profanity. His very first disbarment complaint was two years ago when he said that Muslims must be killed for Mindanao to have peace.