PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday slammed the Office of the Ombudsman anew for running only after some of the lawmakers implicated in the P10-billion pork barrel scam, saying it has “mastered the art of selective justice.”

In his remarks during the oath-taking of new government appointees in Malacañang, Duterte criticized how Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales had handled the corruption cases against lawmakers in connection with the alleged misuse of pork barrel, or the defunct Priority Development Assistance Fund.

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