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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/01/12/20170927-duterte-doj-mnib-10.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Roa Duterte speaks with then Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City on Sept. 26, 2017. <em>Ace Morandante, Malacanang Photo/File </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The appointment of officials to the government is an &quot;exclusive&quot; call of President Rodrigo Duterte, his spokesman said on Tuesday, after a lawmaker criticized the return of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to state service. </p><p>Duterte appointed Aguirre as a commissioner of the National Police Commission, nearly 2 years after he resigned as Justice chief following public ire on the handling of various cases.</p><p>This had prompted detained Sen. Leila de Lima to comment on Twitter, &quot;Duterte should appoint himself to the National Solid Waste Management Commission. Magaling talaga siya mag-recycle ng basura.&quot;</p><p>(He is good at recycling trash.)<br/> <br/>De Lima is angry with Aguirre because it was during his term at the justice department that she was jailed for drug charges, said Duterte&#x27;s spokesman Harry Roque. </p><p>&quot;Appointment is the exclusive prerogative of the President. Maghintay po si Sen. De Lima na maging Presidente siya para ma-appoint niya ang mga gusto niya ma-appoint,&quot; he told reporters in an online briefing.</p><p>(Sen. De Lima should wait to become President so she could appoint who she wants.)</p><p>De Lima has said the drug charges against here were politically-motivated over her criticism of the killings in Duterte&#x27;s anti narcotics drive, which his aides have denied. </p><p>She said Aguirre used convicted drug traffickers to testify against her while dropping drug charges against confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, his co-accused Peter Lim, and several others.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/10/18/forgive-and-forget-de-lima-counts-aguirres-sins-latter-counts-achievements">Forgive and forget? De Lima counts Aguirre&#x27;s &#x27;sins&#x27;; latter counts achievements</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B9LI4NVeiR8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a>  <em>Video courtesy of PTV</em></div><div><br/><br/> </div>

<p>The appointment of officials to the government is an "exclusive" call of President Rodrigo Duterte, his spokesman said on Tuesday, after a lawmaker criticized the return of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to state service. <br /> </p>

The appointment of officials to the government is an "exclusive" call of President Rodrigo Duterte, his spokesman said on Tuesday, after a lawmaker criticized the return of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to state service.

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Good at recycling? Aguirre return to gov't is Duterte's 'exclusive' call, says spox

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jan 12, 2021 03:22 PM PHT

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