"The resource persons and witnesses who testified were all under the jurisdiction of the secretary of justice because the Bureau of Corrections and the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) are attached agencies. 'Pag merong prosecution, pupunta sa Department of Justice (If there is prosecution, it goes to the Department of Justice). Ang masama pa nito (What's bad is that) the secretary of justice is the alter ego of the President and the executive should not actively participate in the proceedings of a committee of Congress," said Lagman.