The PDEA suffered a swift blow against what it had called an airtight case from an operation that was “followed to the letter” after the Las Piñas City RTC acquitted Juanito Jose Remulla III in a drug possession case on Friday. | dexcabalzaINQ /PDI
Remulla’s arrest had put PDEA in hot water after it was alleged that he was given special treatment as the son of the justice chief.
No explanation was given for sudden replacement of Villanueva, a career executive who rose from the ranks of PDEA and was appointed its director general in 2020 by former President Rodrigo Duterte. Lagman, president of the Liberal Party to which the ex-senator belonged, and many other opposition personalities, human rights groups and foreign lawmakers have been urging the justice department to withdraw the two remaining cases against De Lima that were filed during the Duterte administration.
Renato Reyes, secretary general of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan , said in a statement that while they were not in the position to comment on whether Remulla’s son was guilty or innocent, there were many others still awaiting justice. Some critics of PDEA early on believed that it had deliberately compromised the antidrug operation against Remulla.
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