The Department of Justice (DOJ) will review the legality of its two contracts worth P12 million with the security agency owned by Solicitor General Jose Calida and his family, but will steer clear of the company’s multimillion-peso deals with other government offices. In a statement issued on Monday, Calida said he resigned as president and chair of Visai after he was appointed solicitor general in 2016. Right, so the DOJ will be open also insofar as to review those contracts, but only insofar as the DOJ contracts are concerned,” he said. Guevarra suggested that there might be no “conflict of interest” in the DOJ contracting the services of Calida’s security agency. “Now, if there are ethical considerations there, well, that’s for SolGen Calida to deal with.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 30, 2018 23:26 UTC