VP Sara slams Boying Remulla: He doesn’t know the law

After Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said that her remarks in her last press conference were “very disturbing,” Vice President Sara Duterte hit back at him by saying that he knows nothing about the law.

Duterte was referring to the reaction of Remulla on her statement that she would dig up the body of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and throw it in the West Philippine Sea if the attacks against her do not stop.

“Ipagdasal natin ang Pilipinas dahil we have a Secretary of Justice na hindi alam ang batas. There is a big difference between talking about desecration of a body and actually desecrating a body. Talking about desecration of a body is not desecration of the dead,” she said in an ambush interview.

(Let's pray for the Philippines because we have a Secretary of Justice who does not know the law.)

“Dapat sana siguro as a lawyer, maintindihan niya ‘yun kaagad but apparently, sabi nga ng iba, kapag mabilis ka, meron talagang mabagal ang pick up,” she added.

(Maybe as a lawyer, he should have understood that right away but apparently, as others say, when you are quick-witted, there are others who can pick up slowly.)

GMA News Online reached out to the Justice secretary for comment but has yet to receive a reply as of posting time.

Remulla, who is a lawyer, said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking into the possible legal consequences of the recent remarks made by the Vice President.

The Justice Secretary also said that Duterte breached some “moral principles.”

“Marami kasing approaches diyan (There are many approaches to that). Pero it desecrates the memory of a person, it desecrates the peaceful state that he must be in, having already perished,” Remulla told reporters Monday.

“There are many other moral principles that are being violated and we are looking at the legal aspects. We are conducting a study,” he added.—AOL, GMA Integrated News