MANILA — Private prosecutor Atty. Lorna Kapunan expressed on Monday her eagerness to join the prosecution team in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
Kapunan said she wants to lend her experience in the court to the public prosecution because she thinks it is the “right side of history.”
“It is our duty as lawyers to stand for justice. And we see that this whitewashing, burying of evidence, brazen violation of the Constitution, and the principle of accountability is being violated. We cannot, as officers of the court, stand by and let this happen,” Kapunan said in an interview with DZMM TeleRadyo’s Isyu Spotted.
She also said this was why there are many legal experts and volunteer lawyers expressing their interest in assisting the public prosecution.
“To quote famous words, ‘we have to be on the right side of history’ and I think this is the right side of history,” she added.