There were no fireworks when Senator Leila de Lima and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II faced each other on Friday at a budget hearing in the Senate. Aguirre and other officials of the Department of Justice (DOJ) appeared before the Senate committee on finance chaired by Senator Loren Legarda to defend the proposed budget of the agency for 2017. De Lima and Aguirre first exchanged pleasantries before the senator started asking him questions. You were my former family so I assure you of my constant support for the DOJ as an institution,” De Lima said. “But as I’ve said, I’m going to be very civil today, very professional, statesman because I love DOJ,” the senator added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 07, 2016 06:39 UTC