By Top litigator Benjamin S. Tolosa Jr., a founding and managing partner of Tolosa Lim & Chua Law Firm, has joined the private prosecution team in the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte and will serve as the team’s legal spokesperson.
Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro, chair of the House committee on justice, made the announcement on Monday at a media briefing, saying: “We would like to introduce, of course, our legal spokesperson. He is one of the assisting councils and, of course, another abogado de campanilia. To my right, of course, is attorney Benjamin S. Tulosa Jr. As legal spokesperson, he will be speaking on behalf of the prosecution team, particularly with respect to the developments that are happening in the proceedings of the impeachment trial.”
Luistro thanked the prosecution panel for welcoming him to the team, saying: “As we all know, the impeachment is a pivotal constitutional proceeding. In fact, it’s one of the most important accountability mechanisms for public officials under the Constitution. So as a trial lawyer, I found it to be a meaningful opportunity to place my experience in the service of that process.”
