Manila, May 9 -- Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla met with Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) officials led by Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre on Friday to map out their reply to the charges filed before the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte.

In an interview with reporters, Remulla said they plan to ask the Ombudsman for more time to answer the charges.

He said among the matters they plan to bring up are the pending cases before the Supreme Court (SC) which may pose a prejudicial question on the Ombudsman cases.

"We just agreed that we'll adopt, we'll just have one answer for all procedural issues, aside from the other allegations that ...