Ferdinand Topacio, the lawmaker’s lawyer, branded the expulsion a “dark day for the rule of law and the dawning of a new age of the tyranny of the majority.”

Source: https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/522250/teves-suspect-terrorist-now-expelled-lawmaker

Topacio added that he fears Justice Department officials have become desperate after ten of the witnesses in the killing of Degamo withdrew their testimonies against Teves and Miranda — tagging the latter as the DOJ’s “last card” against Teves.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1780521/twists-and-turns-teves-lawyer-alleges-doj-execs-offered-handsome-bribe-to-one-of-degamo-slay-suspects

Topacio pointed out that the confidentiality rule is intended to prevent the use of disbarment proceedings as a tool to damage a lawyer’s reputation in the public sphere.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/02/14/topacio-asks-sc-to-cite-guanzon-for-contempt-for-malicious-publication-of-disbarment-case/