Saying he has done nothing wrong, former Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd maintained his stand on two crucial issues that may have convinced President Rodrigo Duterte to accept his resignation after serving the Cabinet for almost two years.
In a farewell speech before officials and employees of the Justice department on Tuesday, Aguirre explained his side on the controversial resolution of government prosecutors dismissing drug charges against self-confessed drug lord Erwin Espinosa and other co-accused, and his equally controversial decision to placed alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles under the Witness Protection Program (WPP) of the DoJ, saying they were all in accordance with the law.
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