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are beholden to the politicians,” he backyard and boasted on his backyard
added. vegetable farm, “bonsai,” “plantitos”
Another on the top of his list of and a mini aviary.
priorities is to detach the medical
examiners and the Scene or the Crime aguirre for Senator?
operatives [SoCo] from the PNP to With a working timetable that
prevent any non-forensic intervention would only be good until March next
which may compromise the results of year, The Philippine Source Magazine
the investigations. asked Aguirre on his political agenda
Citing the case of flight attendant for the 2022 general elections.
Christine Dacera who was found According to Aguirre, politics is
dead inside a hotel room on January not his game although he admits that
1, Aguirre said that he finds it rather in 2019, he was seriously considering
strange why police allowed the body going against a formidable political
of the victim to be embalmed even family in Quezon province. He was
before the conduct of the autopsy. however subdued by no less than his
wife and three sons from running for a
adrenalin to work local elective post.
According to Aguirre, even after he When asked if he’d consider
resigned as DoJ Secretary, he is not joining the senatorial line-up of the
about to stop working. administration party, he said he has
“Before that offer, yung buhay ko reservations on the idea especially on
as a semi-retired somehow tells me to that made him very busy from March the aspect of launching an effective
work. And I couldn’t help myself but last year until he got the offer to head nationwide campaign which he hinted
still to continue my law practice. Ang Napolcom. would cost him at least a billion pesos
totoo, contented na ako. Maganda It was during the months that most --- something he claims he doesn’t
na yung takbo ng buhay ko, walang parts of the country were declared have.
controversies like those while I was at under strict community quarantine Pressed further, he said that he
the DoJ.” that he was able to spend time on his doesn’t even have half of the cost
But with the new post, Aguirre hobbies that saw the lawyer in him required for a senatorial candidate to
vowed to work harder and prove his reminisce those times back in Mulanay be able to reach places where he can
detractors wrong. where he used to do some farm work. present his political agenda.
Asked what made him busy during Aguirre, donning his usual working But perhaps an invitation from the
the height of the pandemic scare, attire, toured The Philippine Source President himself would be able to
Aguirre hinted on his new hobbies Magazine staff and crew to his make him change his mind. 

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