Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta on Wednesday accused Senators Franklin Drilon and Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara of disrespecting President Rodrigo Duterte by “illegally” inserting a provision in the 2021 budget that would effectively dissolve the agency’s forensic division.

INCENSED Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Rueda-Acosta (right) and Erwin Erfe (left, seated), hold copies of the executive order creating the agency’s forensic laboratory on Dec. 2, 2020. With them are lab doctors and staff. PHOTO BY RUY L. MARTINEZ

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