THE lawyer who filed an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is now facing his fourth disbarment case for alleged gross ignorance of the law and grossly immoral conduct.
In a complaint, blogger Jover Laurio of Pinoy Ako Blog accused Larry Gadon of violating his oath as a lawyer and the Code of Professional Responsibility when he filed “a baseless and unactionable criminal complaint” against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
Complainants were referring to the graft complaint filed by Gadon against Sereno last January at the Department of Justice for non-submission of her statements of assets, liabilities and net worth.
“When Gadon filed a criminal complaint against Chief Justice Sereno in the DoJ with a prayer or relief for her removal … He showed disrespect for the Constitution and displayed gross ignorance of basic law,” the complaint said.
Laurio, along with a certain Aunell Ross Angcos, also accused Gadon of grossly immoral conduct when he hurled invectives and raised a dirty finger at Sereno supporters on April 10 in front of the Supreme Court Baguio.
“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 stated.
Citing the case of Villanueva vs. People of the Philippines, complainants said the high court previously ruled that “putang ina mo” [your mother is a whore] constituted slight oral defamation and pointing a dirty finger constituted simple slander by deed.
“Because Gadon’s actions are criminal in nature, his actions would constitute grossly immoral conduct. The Supreme Court has stated that for a lawyer’s conduct to be grossly immoral, it must be so corrupt as to constitute a criminal act,” the complainants said.
Laurio and Angcos were both in Baguio City last April 10 when Gadon tangled with a pro-Sereno crowd during the oral argument.