Aguirre twits senators on call to inhibit from de Lima cases

THE Department of Justice (DoJ) on Saturday said calls by Liberal Party (LP) senators for Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd to inhibit in the prosecution of Sen. Leila de Lima have no factual basis, pointing out he had long inhibited from the lawmaker’s three drug-related cases.

“From the start, Secretary Aguirre has inhibited himself from all the cases in the DoJ involving Senator de Lima,” the department said in a statement. “Consequently, the call for him to inhibit himself from the cases has no more factual basis,” it added.