Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Alfredo Benjamin Sabater Caguioa—a classmate in college of President Benigno Aquino 3rd —will succeed Leila de Lima who resigned her post as Justice secretary to run for the Senate in the 2016 elections.

President Benigno Aquino 3rd appointed Caguioa, the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Benjamin Caguioa, as ad interim Justice secretary, Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said on Tuesday.

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