Malacañang on Friday condoled with Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on the passing of his son Salvador Carlo Panelo III.
Carlo, who had Down syndrome, was 27.
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“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Secretary Panelo at this difficult time,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement.
Panelo sought prayers for his “very special child.”
Carlo’s remains will be at the Cosmopolitan Memorial Chapels and Crematory and The Ascension in Quezon City.
In an earlier newspaper interview, Panelo had described Carlo as his favorite and the “boss of the family.”
He had also spoken of their bond, recalling that he would bathe Carlo and bring him to school.
Panelo has two other sons and a daughter./rga