DILG, PNP preparing for Teves return

Both the Department of Justice and the Philippine National Police are making preparations to secure the detention of expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. once he arrives from East Timor where he was arrested on Thursday after months in hiding.

- BELLA CARIASO

 

Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said in a chance interview during the first anniversary of the government’s

Buhay Ingatan, Droga ay Ayawan flagship program at the SM Mall of Asia that, aside from the detention cells identified by the DOJ, the PNP is also preparing the areas where Teves can be temporarily detained.

"What is important now is once Teves returns, we have already prepared the area where he will be detained temporarily, so we are preparing that on the side of the PNP. There are many (possible locations)," Abalos said.

According to Abalos, he met with Assistant Justice Secretary Mico Clavano IV on Friday to discuss the details of Teves' return.

"I went to the DOJ so that we could prepare for the arrival of Teves.