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DOJ chief Remulla to go on 10-day 'wellness leave' over 'personal reasons'

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Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="DOJ Secretary Boying Remulla. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/06/26/20230417-degamo-senate-hearing-md-11.jpg"/><figcaption>DOJ Secretary Boying Remulla. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (<strong>2nd UPDATE</strong>) — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin &quot;Boying&quot; Remulla will take a 10-day &quot;wellness leave&quot; due to &quot;personal reasons,&quot; his agency said on Monday. </p><p>Remulla&#x27;s leave is &quot;effective immediately&quot;, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said without providing other immediate details.</p><p>&quot;We kindly ask for your understanding and respect for the Secretary&#x27;s privacy during this time. We look forward to the Secretary&#x27;s return and his continued service to the DOJ and the Filipino people,&quot; the agency said in a statement. </p><p>Remulla underwent medical checkup last week and was supposed to return to work at the DOJ on Thursday but he took the rest of the week off.</p><p>He was supposed to deliver a call to action message on Monday morning at the Manila Diamond Hotel for a DOJ-Philippine National Police event on capacity development, particularly on helping law enforcers improve case buildup.</p><p>Instead, Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez delivered Remulla’s statement on his behalf, where he also announced the Justice secretary’s wellness leave.</p><p>In response to a Viber message, Remulla said Vasquez would be the DOJ officer-in-charge while he was on wellness leave.</p><div><strong>‘TOO ENERGETIC FOR HIS OWN GOOD’</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2695354" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>In an interview around Monday noon, Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres confirmed Remulla’s wellness leave was an offshoot of his medical checkup.</p><p>But he sought to downplay concerns over the secretary’s health.</p><p>“It’s nothing serious. It’s something that he would prefer not to discuss publicly. Anyway, it’s just a short time. And we told him we will hold the fort for that short period that he is on wellness leave,” Andres said.</p><p>“Just a few days, maybe 10 days or even shorter. He told me we will have a videoconference a week from now. So that is how he looks at it. He wants to keep on working and do what we have to do even if it entails him going on a videoconference with us,” he added.</p><p>Andres described the 62-year-old justice chief, who is known to work long hours at the DOJ, as very eager to get back to work.</p><p>“Every person of that age should have regular checkup, which he did. And to adjust his lifestyle in accordance with his age. But this guy won’t stop. So he is too energetic for his own good,” he said.</p><p>“I told him stop thinking and…allow us to do the work so he can rest. But no, he said, I’ll call you, even on videocall,” he added.</p><p>Remulla has not had a known medical issue since he took over as justice secretary on July 1, 2022.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/14/23/remulla-files-complaint-vs-lawyer-with-ibp">Remulla files complaint vs lawyer with IBP; lawyer cries ‘harassment’</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/01/23/doj-to-probe-degamo-slay-suspects-torture-claims-but-remulla-doubtful">Remulla: DOJ to probe Degamo slay suspects&#x27; torture claims but expresses doubts</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/21/23/remulla-says-public-funds-will-be-used-for-bantag-bounty">Remulla says public funds will be used for Bantag bounty</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Woz9dX1d37M?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1E90kBgLH28?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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DOJ chief Remulla to go on 10-day 'wellness leave' over 'personal reasons'

Mike Navallo,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 26, 2023 10:11 AM PHT

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Updated June 26, 2023 02:05 PM PHT

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