Direct bribery as ground for suspension, disbarment of lawyers
The crime of direct bribery is a crime involving moral turpitude. In Magno v. COMELEC,[1] the Supreme Court ruled:
'By applying for probation, petitioner in effect admitted all the elements of the crime of direct bribery:
1. the offender is a public officer;
2. the offender accepts an offer or promise or receives a gift or present by himself or through another;
3. such offer or promise be accepted or gift or present be received by the public officer with a view to committing some crime, or in consideration of the execution of an act which does not constitute a crime but the act must be unjust, or to refrain from doing something which it is his official duty to do; and
4. the act which the offender agrees to perform or which he executes is connected with the performance of his official duties.

Clearly, direct bribery is a crime involving moral turpitude which is a ground for the suspension or disbarment of a lawyer from his office as an attorney.
[1] 439 Phil. 339, 346-347 (2002).
[2] Id at 361-362.