Guevarra gets CA nod as justice secretary

Menardo Guevarra’s appointment as justice secretary was confirmed on Wednesday, May 30. In this picture, Guevarra (in white) is seen seated with newly-confirmed Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (L). /Meanne Corvera/Eagle News Service/

(Eagle News)–The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 30, confirmed the appointment of Menardo Guevarra as Justice Secretary.

Guevarra’s confirmation came a day after Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was confirmed as Tourism Secretary.

Guevarra was deputy executive director before he was appointed to head the justice department, whose then-secretary, Vitaliano Aguirre III, resigned following public indignation over a DOJ panel of prosecutors dismissal of drug charges filed against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and others.