Yacoubian: These lawyers deserve more to be protected

MP Paula Yacoubian said that "it is unfortunate that a number of lawyers have been sued before the Beirut Bar Association for their public activity and that they have expressed their points of view. view of some cases of corruption and violation of the law, leaving them under pressure and influenced, while an immunity has been recognized to enable them to defend themselves "Their voice is in the realization of law and in defense freedoms not to suppress them and to discourage them from doing their part. "

She added in a publication on her Facebook page: "These lawyers deserve this protection." Outside the profession, they have publicly insulted Lebanese women and sought to undermine their dignity and to display their identity, despite the benefit of the law. Immunity under the guise of wide discretion to grant or deny authorization. " The requirements of dignity and interest of lawyers, although these standards are the first to be taken into account in the case of the newly waived immunity. "

"The Law Society is one of the most important pillars of the rule of law and justice, in the hope that it will remain a bulwark of law and a legal profession." honorable, and not a means to favor the power of the powerful without the right. "