PROSECUTOR General Benedicto Malcontento has tendered his irrevocable resignation from his post.
“I have served the National Prosecution Service, Department of Justice, for the last five years. I have decided to pursue other endeavors,” Malcontento said in a one-page letter dated October 16 addressed to the Office of the President.
“It has been a pleasure and an honor to serve the National Prosecution Service-DOJ,” he added.
Last month, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla issued Department Order No.632 reassigning Malcontento to his office “where he shall directly perform duties and functions as may be delegated or assigned by the undersigned.”
This effectively put Malcontento on floating status without a specific mandate or responsibility.
Remulla designated Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon as officer-in-charge of the Office of the Prosecutor General “with full authority to discharge the functions of the said office.”
Malcontento was appointed to his post in 2019 by former President Rodrigo Duterte. — With Jocelyn Montemayor
