(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 17, admitted he had not met Gerald Bantag prior to his appointment as the new Bureau of Corrections director-general. But Guevarra clarified the President is “not required to consult me” before making the appointment of the former Manila and Parañaque jail warden employed then by the Department of the Interior and Local Government and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. “The President has total discretion and absolute […]