Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said he is aware of Bainto’s potential career shift to the judiciary. “I have no intention of leaving the DOJ any time soon and will consider the Judiciary post, if and when given the opportunity,” he added. Should Bainto leave his post from the DOJ, this would follow the abrupt resignation of Undersecretary Markk Perete who quit last week. The DOJ secretary said that he has since been distributing Perete’s tasks to other department officials, while he noted that Bainto’s application will still take some time for processing. The justice department is also leading the inter-agency panel reviewing drug war operations that resulted in deaths, and a report is due to be released next month.

Source: Philippine Star October 05, 2020 07:59 UTC