MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said calls for Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla to step down from his post following his son’s arrest for drug possession have “no basis.”
“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 they have misbehaved in that job. He has done quite the contrary,” the President told reporters on the sidelines of the 8th Annual Balik Scientist Convention.
Remulla’s eldest son, Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III, was arrested for possession of more than P1 million worth of high-grade marijuana, or “kush,” in Las Piñas City.
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FILE PHOTOS: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) and Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla. INQUIRER FILES
But Marcos said Remulla is “very aware that he must allow the processes of the judiciary to work properly and that no one in the Executive must interfere.”
The DOJ chief earlier said he will not “intervene in nor influence” his son’s case. He also said that his son “will have to face his predicament as a fully emancipated child.”
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