Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Wednesday said nobody is off the hook in the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) controversy involving sexy dancers during the agency’s command conference on June 30.
Remulla issued the statement as he said Department of Justice investigators will review the videos of the dance performances that marred the summit meeting.
When asked if NBI director Medardo De Lemos was off the hook as he was already gone during the performances, Remulla said, “No,” adding that nobody was off the hook.
“We’re looking into it and we’re weighing it. We will check how obscene all the videotapes of the performances are. If this is really bad to have happened in a gathering of NBI officials,” Remulla said at a media briefing.
Remulla previously said three women performed during the meeting with top officials of the agency in attendance, including De Lemos.
“Maybe De Lemos was already gone but there were still top officials there. We will see,” Remulla said.
Despite this, he said they already knew the individual who must be held accountable, but that the situation must still be studied.
Remulla said he also want to talk to female agents or the staff present.
“I want to talk to the female NBI there or even just the staff to find out what they felt,” he said.
De Lemos had apologized for the dance performance, saying the agency is looking into who allowed the dancers to perform.
De Lemos said the incident is under investigation to find out who brought the sexy dancers to the post-conference “fellowship.”
“If this dance after the command conference offended the sensibilities of our citizens particularly the women, we apologize,” De Lemos said at a news conference last week.
Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito had also described as “immoral” the “sexy” number.