Cavite Rep. Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla on Monday said he accepted the offer from presumptive president Bongbong Marcos to become the justice secretary of his administration.
Remulla, who ran and won unopposed as the representative of the seventh district of Cavite in the May 9 elections, said the offer came days after the polls, when it was clear that Marcos had won.
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"The President-elect asked me to go to him a few days after the elections, tatlong araw after the elections and asked me to join his Cabinet. And I accepted," Remulla told SMNI in an interview.
"I still have to fulfill my duties here under this Congress, marami pa tayong tatapusin. But it is our duty to serve our country in the best way possible. Probably he asked me to join the Cabinet for some reason of his own, probably we can be effective sa trabaho," he added.
Remulla made headlines in 2020 as one of the lawmakers who opposed the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise.
While he can start performing his duties as justice secretary as soon as the Marcos administration begins, Remulla said his interim appointment should first get the approval of the Committee on Appointments before he could resign as lawmaker.
"Ang tradition ng House diyan, when a House member is joining the Cabinet, we usually wait for the confirmation before we resign. Papa-confirm muna tayo then we'll have to resign from our post," he added.
Remulla is the latest name to float as a member of the next administration's Cabinet. Also set to become part of Marcos' Cabinet are presumptive vice president Sara Duterte-Carpio as education secretary, Benhur Abalos as interior secretary, and Vic Rodriguez as executive secretary.
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