DESPITE retracting an earlier statement that members of the opposition met with influential clans in Marawi weeks before the Maute terrorist group attacked the city, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd must apologize publicly, Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino 4th insisted Friday.

Aquino, one of four individuals named earlier by Aguirre as among those who met with powerful families in Marawi City on May 2, said the Justice chief should take responsibility for his “reckless accusations” and apologize.

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