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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Malacañang threw their full support on Thursday behind the National Bureau of Investigation’s decision to reopen its investigation into alleged irregularities in the Philippines’ hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, insisting that the inquiry is driven by evidence, not politics or the ongoing impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
The DOJ defended the NBI after Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen. Pia Cayetano alleged that the renewed probe into the controversial P50-million SEA Games cauldron and other infrastructure projects in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac, seven years after hosting the 2019 SEA Games, was intended to intimidate them as senator-judges in Duterte’s impeachment proceedings.
“The department has full confidence that the NBI will continue to carry out its work with the professionalism, integrity, and independence expected of it,” the DOJ said in a statement.
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