A suit filed by a man looking forward to being recognized as a lawyer and member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) was dismissed by the Court of Appeals.
The appellate court junked the petition filed by Lamberto Payongayong, who is also facing a usurpation of authority case in Manila court.
Payongayong pretends to be a lawyer in numerous instances, including falsely representing himself as a legal counsel in letters that were sent to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in 2020.
According to the tribunal in its ruling on December 6, the petition has no leg to stack since it was not only defective in form, but also in substance.
In 2020, Payongayong was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Quezon City.
The NBI received reports that he sent several letters to BSP which were addressed to then-Governor Benjamin Diokno and lawyer Henry De Vera of the Currency Integrity Staff and Currency Issue and Integrity Office.
With his claims, such as being a trustee of a private individual and an assignee of a parcel of land, the Office of the Bar Confidant and IBP confirmed he is not a member of the Philippine Bar.
