The Executive will reach out to Congress on what can be done to address the issue of so-called 'comfort women' or the sexual slavery victims during World War II, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla says.
Kaya sana mahabol pa natin[Translation: The sense is you never want justice to be too late because only a few of them remain. That's why we hope we can still give it to them.]the UN CEDAW decision.
Bagares said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can issue an executive order to launch the study of a national framework for reparations or ask Congress to pass a law similar to the reparation for martial law victims. When asked if he already talked with Marcos regarding the UN decision, Remulla said he will get instructions"very soon" and that he will meet the president on Monday.
The justice secretary also said he would look into the previous position of the government that reparations have been made already when Japan"settled" war claims under a 1956 agreement signed by Manila and Tokyo.CNN Philippines senior correspondent Anjo Alimario contributed to this report.
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