The Las Pinas City Prosecutor’s Office has assured fairness in the resolution of the illegal drugs case filed against the son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla, Prosecutor General Benedicto A. Malcontento said on Friday, Oct. 14.
Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III was charged with importation of illegal drugs in violations of Republic Act No. 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and RA 10863, the Customs Modernization Act.
Juanito was arrested by agents of the Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) last Tuesday, Oct. 11, in Las Pinas City where a parcel of marijuana kush (a high grade variety) worth about P1.25 million was delivered.
“Clear and directions in Secretary of Justice in that case. He will neither intervene nor interfere,” Malcontento said.
“Rest assured that our prosecutors in Las Pinas will resolve the matter fairly and independently,” he said.
Secretary Remulla had issued a statement and assured he will not meddle in his son’s case.
I will not (neither) intervene in nor influence my son’s predicament and I have not done so in any way,” said Remulla in his hand-written statement.
“A person should always face the consequences of his actions and I will let justice take its own course,” he added.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. had said there was no basis for the calls for Justice Secretary Remulla to resign from his post.
The President said one should only resign if they were not doing their job.
“I think the calls for him to resign have no basis. You call for somebody to resign if he’s not doing his job or that they have misbehaved in that job,” he said. “He (Secretary Remulla) has not done any of that,” he added.
The President even praised Secretary Remulla for taking no stand on the issue.
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