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Gadon shrugs off disbarment, says being secretary 'sweeter' than being attorney

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Freshly appointed Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon holds a press conference at a restaurant in Quezon City on June 28, 2023 following his recent disbarment. The Supreme Court earlier in the day disbarred Gadon for his tirade-filled outburst against journalist Raissa Robles in a viral video. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/06/28/20230628-larry-gadon.jpg"/><figcaption>Freshly appointed Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon holds a press conference at a restaurant in Quezon City on June 28, 2023 following his recent disbarment. The Supreme Court earlier in the day disbarred Gadon for his tirade-filled outburst against journalist Raissa Robles in a viral video. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Newly-appointed anti-poverty czar Larry Gadon on Wednesday said he has &quot;no regrets&quot; verbally assaulting a journalist that eventually led to his disbarment, even claiming that the outburst may have contributed to electing President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/28/23/supreme-court-disbars-larry-gadon-for-profane-language-vs-reporter">Supreme Court disbars Larry Gadon for cursing, profane language vs reporter</a></li></ul><p>The Supreme Court voted 15-0 to disbar Gadon, saying it found the viral video clip of him cursing and uttering profane language against journalist Raissa Robles &quot;indisputably scandalous that it discredits the legal profession.</p><p>But Gadon stood by his action, saying he felt the need to &quot;silence&quot; Robles who was allegedly spreading &quot;lies&quot; against Marcos during the 2022 campaign period.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/04/22/larry-gadon-suspended-over-video-against-journalist">PH Supreme Court suspends Larry Gadon over viral video against journalist</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Kung &#x27;yun ay naging kontribuston ko upang mapatahimik ang mga paninira at kasinungaliungan niya at isa &#x27;yon sa dahilan sa pagkapanalo ni President Bongbong Marcos, then ako ay nagtagumpay at ako ay masaya,&quot; Gadon said in a press conference.</p><p>&quot;The word secretary is sweeter than attorney,&quot; he added, referring to his new role as Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation.</p><p>Gadon said the disbarment will have no impact on his professional life as he already stopped practicing law as early as 2015.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/26/23/larry-gadon-is-marcos-adviser-on-poverty-alleviation">Controversial lawyer Larry Gadon is Marcos Jr&#x27;s adviser on poverty alleviation</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I&#x27;m not really affected by this kind of decision... I have not been practicing my profession as a lawyer since 2015... So hindi ako nalulungkot diyan kasi this is my opportunity to give back to our kababayans,&quot; he said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/28/23/gadon-disbarment-wont-affect-anti-poverty-czar-post">Gadon: Disbarment won&#x27;t affect my anti-poverty czar post</a></li></ul><p>However, Gadon said he still plans to appeal the SC&#x27;s decision to disbar him.</p><div><strong>&#x27;I HAVE TALENT&#x27;</strong></div><p>As Palace adviser on poverty alleviation, Gadon will coordinate closely with government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders &quot;to design and implement comprehensive programs to address the root causes of poverty.&quot;</p><p>Gadon said he is qualified to hold such crucial post given his &quot;expertise on corporate management.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Kasi ang expertise ko corporate management, I have managed several companies, big corporations and my expertise is not more of a lawyer but a corporate executive, therefore I can do this job,&quot; he said.</p><p>He also addressed critics who said his appointment was only a &quot;political accommodation&quot; due to his support to the Uniteam.</p><p>As for specific programs he plans to implement as anti-poverty czar, Gadon said he &quot;would just synchronize and supervise these [existing] programs and create a better way of approaching this problem [of poverty].&quot;</p><p>The Palace earlier said Gadon&#x27;s disbarment would not affect his appointment as Marcos &quot;believes he will do a good job.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/28/23/gadon-to-stay-as-anti-poverty-czar-as-palace-downplays-disbarment">Gadon to stay as anti-poverty czar as Palace downplays disbarment</a></li></ul><p>RELATED VIDEO:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2697755" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Gadon shrugs off disbarment, says being secretary 'sweeter' than being attorney

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 28, 2023 07:00 PM PHT

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Updated June 28, 2023 07:29 PM PHT

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