Justice chief Remulla wants PCGG functions expanded

Secretary of Justice Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla speaks in front of of DOJ employees during his first flag ceremony as justice secretary on July 4, 2022. In his speech Remulla has identified three attached agencies of the department that need their help.

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MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Thursday he wants the functions of the Presidential Commission on Good Government to be expanded beyond recovering the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family and their cronies, in a plan that mirrors President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s pitch for the agency.

“I don’t think we need to spend the next hundred years running after the Marcoses. I don’t think it's going to be that way, might as well make good of something that’s there already, so shift the mandate to something useful for the country and more urgent,” Remulla told reporters at the sidelines of a meeting of the Rotary Club of Manila.

He added that he thinks it is “improbable” for the Marcoses’ estate taxes to bloat to over P200 billion, which he blamed on a “biased computation.”

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