March 17, 2010
Lawyer to the People
Published on October 31, 2006
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At 72, Federico Gapuz does not look like a swashbuckling lawyer with a 10-gallon Stetson hat. But make no mistake: he does not seem to have passed his prime either. Gapuz remains among the few, brave men of the legal profession who wouldnt hesitate to come to the rescue of people prosecuted and persecuted — for their political beliefs. Davao Today managing editor Cheryll D. Fiel recently had the chance to chat with this peoples lawyer.
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[...] Other lawyerslike Kidapawan’s Connie Brizuela involved in seeking justice for the slain journalist couple Macel and George Vigo in Kidapawan City of North Cotabato, and lawyer Frederico Gapuz, president of the lawyers’ group Union of People’s Lawyers of Mindanao (UPLM) and countless number of political activists — have been receiving death threats for having been identified closely with issues affecting mostly poor and dispossessed Filipinos. [...]