Sen. Bam Aquino (File photo by 黑料社)
Senator Bam Aquino on Thursday said that the opposition was one with President Rodrigo Duterte after he accepted the resignation of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II.
Duterte, during a speech in Malaca帽ang, announced that he has accepted Aguirre鈥檚 resignation. The president then appointed Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra as Aguirre鈥檚 replacement.
鈥淣atutuwa tayo at nagkakaisa ang oposisyon at ang Pangulo sa聽isyung ito [We are glad that the opposition and the President are one in this issue],鈥� Aquino said in a statement.
鈥淪a mata ng taumbayan, pawala na nang pawala ang kredibilidad聽ni dating Justice Secretary Aguirre sa bawat kapalpakan at聽palihis na kilos nito [In the eyes of our countrymen, the credibility of former Justice Secretary Aguirre continues to dwindle, with his every failures and his wayward actions],鈥� the senator said.
Aguirre鈥檚 resignation comes as the Department of Justice (DOJ) came under fire over the dismissal of illegal drug charges of self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and Cebu businessman Peter Lim.
Since last year, opposition senators had been calling on Aguirre to resign for accusing the 鈥渄ilawan鈥� of destabilizing the Duterte administration by allegedly plotting the Marawi siege.
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It was also Aguirre who alleged that 鈥淪enator Franklin Drilon and former Interior and Local聽Government Secretary Mar Roxas were implicated in a drug syndicate.鈥�
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鈥淭he Filipino people deserve a credible, capable and respectable聽Justice Secretary who will lead with integrity and rebuild our聽trust in the Department of Justice,鈥� Aquino said.
鈥淢uli nating ibalik ang tiwala ng taumbayan sa DOJ bilang聽tanggapan na nagtataguyod ng hustisya para sa bawat Pilipino,聽lalo na sa mga walang kalaban-laban [Let us bring back the trust of the people for the DOJ, which is an agency that promotes justice for every Filipino especially to the oppressed],鈥� the senator said. /jpv
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