Resignation ‘will not happen, says DOJ Sec. Remulla READ:
In a press conference, Remulla said he is leaving it up to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to decide whether he should stay or leave his post due to his son’s case.
Remulla admitted that he has yet to talk with his 38-year-old son since he confirmed the latter’s arrest last October 13.Juanito was arrested last week while Remulla was in Geneva, Switzerland leading the Philippines’ delegation to the 51stUnited Nations Human Rights Council Enhance Interactive Dialogue and Bilateral Meetings and to the State’s Constructive Dialogue/Revalida with the Human Rights Committee on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
When asked to comment on the calls for him to resign out of delicadeza, Remulla answered: No comment. I know myself. I know it’s not only me on trial here. It’s my son on trial. It’s the country which is in a trial in some ways.” “The problem with the prison system now is that it is a mega prison and it does not bode well for persons who should be treated individually as is the practice now in prison reform,” he said.
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