Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile was hospitalized due to this reason.
According to Senator Jinggoy Estrada, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile was hospitalized and has a slim chance of surviving.
Juan Ponce Enrile, the chief presidential legal counsel, is currently in the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital. This was revealed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada on the Senate floor on Tuesday.
Senator Estrada revealed that Enrile is suffering from pneumonia and has “slim chances of surviving.”
“I have just received a very, very sad information that our former colleague, former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, is currently in the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital suffering from pneumonia,” Estrada said.
“And I heard from a reliable source, very, very reliable source that he has slim chances of surviving,” he added. He cited that at 101 years old, he has a small chance of surviving based on his reliable source.
The senator then requested to offer prayers for Enrile. Enrile’s family has yet to issue a statement on the matter.
To recall, it was last February when Enrile turned 101 years old. He became the oldest living Filipino public servant in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Cabinet.
Enrile graduated his Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Philippines, graduating Cum Laude and Salutatorian in 1953. He took his oath as a member of the Philippine bar in 1954 and was ranked No. 11 among the successful bar takers at that time. He had a rating of 91.72% and scored 100% in Commercial Law.
He is affiliated with the Philippine Constitutional Association, Philippine Tax Institute, Knights of Rizal, Harvard Club of the Philippines, International Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Philippine Jaycees Senate and the Manila Overseas Press Club, among others.
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