DILG chief Remulla visits QC jail ahead of looming Romualdez transfer

MANILA, Philippines — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday visited the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas ahead of the impending transfer of former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez.

Remulla told the Inquirer that he had visited “to make sure all the conditions imposed by the Sandiganbayan are complied with.”

READ: DILG chief: Romualdez to be transferred to QC jail within the day

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Other media reports showed that Remulla arrived at the New Quezon City Jail around 3:30 p.m. and left 25 minutes later.

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Remulla earlier told the Inquirer that Romualdez was expected to be transferred to the jail facility within the day on Monday following the Sandiganbayan Third Division’s order.

This came after a week of hospital confinement for some purported ailments, first at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City, then at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila.

The former House Speaker was arrested last Sept. 7.

He faces a plunder charge over alleged kickbacks worth over P7 billion from various government projects from 2022 to 2025. /mcm