Jesus Crispin Remulla
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Constituency | 3rd District |
Governor of Cavite | |
In office June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2019 | |
Vice Governor | Jolo Revilla |
Preceded by | Jonvic Remulla |
Succeeded by | Jonvic Remulla |
Personal details | |
Born | Jesus Crispin Catibayan Remulla March 31, 1961 Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines |
Political party | NUP (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | UNA (2014–2016) Nacionalista (2004–2014, 2016–2021) LDP (before 2004) |
Parent | Juanito Remulla Sr. |
Relatives | Jonvic Remulla (brother) Gilbert Remulla (brother) |
Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman (AB, LL.B.) |
Occupation | Politician, Broadcaster |
Profession | Lawyer |
Jesus Crispin "Boying" Catibayan Remulla (Tagalog pronunciation:
Remulla took up political science as well as graduated from the
Political career
In 2001, he became the chief of staff of then
In 2007, he won for the second term as congressman against then Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Manny De Castro, also from Silang.
In 2009, he among with fellow representatives of Cavite –
In 2010, he defeated
In 2013 elections, he ran for Mayor of Tagaytay under the Nacionalista Party but lost to Agnes Tolentino of the Liberal Party. In 2016, instead of running for Congress against Abraham Tolentino, Remulla substituted his younger brother Jonvic to run as governor, which he successfully won. He served as governor of Cavite until 2019, when he successfully ran for congressman of the redistricted 7th district.
In 2020, Remulla played a major role in the
Remulla was reelected to the Congress in 2022, unopposed.[6] However, on May 23, 2022, Remulla accepted the offer to become the Secretary of Justice under the incoming administration of president-elect Bongbong Marcos, thus resigning his rights to the seat before his new term began in order to assume the position.[7] He would be succeeded by his son, 7th district Board Member Crispin Diego Remulla, who was elected through a special election in 2023.[8][9][10] He took oath as Justice Secretary on July 1, 2022, before Marcos.[11]
On July 13, 2022, Remulla issued Department Circular No. 027, which creates the Prosecution Integrity Board to look into misconducts of government prosecutors and recommend sanctions against them if necessary, as his first order as Justice Secretary.[12] He also issued a circular that would give himself additional powers over the National Prosecution Service (NPS), a unit under the Department of Justice.[13] On July 28, 2022, he also said that he doesn't think that "we need to spend the next 100 years running after the Marcoses" while discussing the functions of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) that went after the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family. He added that there is no need to abolish the PCGG.[14]
In November 2022, Remulla rejected the recommendations for the Philippines to adopt SOGIE bill, laws legalizing same-sex marriage, divorce and abortion, and many more citing it "not acceptable in the Philippines, being a pre-dominantly Catholic nation." He added that "they want the SOGIE Bill for same-sex marriage to have the same as in their countries. So, that's not acceptable for us. They really want a lot to be implemented here."[15] The justice department defended Remulla's decision to immediately reject all the recommendations.[16]
Controversies
Alleged payment and red-tagging of Robredo supporters
On his radio show Executive Session on DZRH,[17] Remulla questioned the large turnout of individuals during a political rally of presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo conducted in General Trias, Cavite. He alleged that the supporters of the candidate were paid ₱500 each to join the rally and that some individuals were simply ferried to the venue from other areas of the city to artificially create a large crowd.[18] With uniformed volunteers and possibly local politicians simply leading or paying random passerby to join the rally. The grand rally in question is reported to have been the largest rally of the presidential candidate as of March 6, 2022, with at most 50,000 individuals joining the rally according to a local news report.[19]
Remulla further stated that there were leftist student activists who joined the crowd. He alleged that these students were supposedly trained by the National Democratic Front, a leftist organization with ties to the Communist Party of the Philippines. He also alleged that Robredo had come to an agreement with the communists as well.[18] Remulla was also joined by presidential candidate and provincemate Ping Lacson who, upon reading an article about Remulla's allegations, tweeted a warning about the dangers of a coalition government with the communists.[20]
Robredo has since denied these claims and decried the red-tagging of Remulla's fellow "Caviteños" (term used to describe individuals from the province of Cavite),[21] describing such red-tagging and accusations of vote-buying as an insult to Remulla's provincemates.[21]
Remulla is a supporter of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos. Together with the incumbent governor of Cavite Jonvic Remulla, Jesus Crispin has actively campaigned for Marcos.[22]
References
- ^ Reganit, Jose Cielito (July 22, 2018). "House elects new leaders of 18th Congress". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
- ^ Mara Cepeda (July 2, 2020). "Remulla: Amcara Broadcasting Network is ABS-CBN's 'dummy'". Rappler.
- ^ "Cavite Gov. Boying Remulla apologizes for racist, misogynistic statements of his Lonsi brods". Politiko. November 26, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "At House hearing on ABS-CBN franchise, lawmaker seeks NBI help vs 'cyber bullying'". Philstar.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ AnaKalusugan Partylist Cong. Mike Defensor's Video
- ^ Abuel, Dave; Annatu, Ciara (April 1, 2022). "Sure winners: 845 candidates running unopposed in 2022 polls". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ "Boying Remulla accepts Marcos' offer to head DOJ". CNN Philippines. May 23, 2022. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ Patinio, Ferdinand (May 23, 2022). "Comelec ready to hold special polls for Remulla post". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ^ Galvez, Daphne (July 26, 2022). "Speaker Romualdez becomes caretaker of Cavite's 7th district". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
- ^ Ombay, Giselle (February 26, 2023). "Ping Remulla wins Cavite special congressional election". GMA Integrated News. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ "Oath-taking of DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin 'Boying' Remulla". Radio Television Malacañang. July 1, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "Remulla creates Prosecution Integrity Board to probe misbehaving prosecutors". Abogado. July 15, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ Buan, Lian (July 18, 2022). "Inside new DOJ: Remulla puts prosecutors and Bilibid under tight watch". Rappler. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ Damicog, Jeffrey (July 28, 2022). "Sec. Remulla: 'I don't think we need to spend the next 100 years running after the Marcoses'". Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ Ramirez, Robertzon (November 20, 2022). "Phl Rejects Calls To Pass SOGIE, Same-Sex Marriage, Divorce Bills". Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ Navallo, Mike (November 22, 2022). "Remulla says PH 'not ready' for same-sex marriage, SOGIE". Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ Executive Session DZRH - Executive Session Mar 5, 2022 | Facebook, retrieved March 8, 2022
- ^ a b "Boying Remulla, Ping Lacson under fire for red-tagging Robredo supporters". RAPPLER. March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Marlon (March 6, 2022). "Mammoth crowd at Cavite rally amazes Robredo". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- Ping Lacson [@iampinglacson] (March 6, 2022). "This is worrisome. A coalition government with the CPP/NPA/NDF will set back the gains of the government's efforts to end the country's decades-old insurgency problem" (Tweet). Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Robredo says red-tagging Caviteños by Remulla, Lacson an 'insult' to their province mates". Rappler. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ Remitio, Rex (February 12, 2022). "Cavite governor Jonvic Remulla endorses Bongbong-Sara tandem". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
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