Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. on Tuesday said he is powerless over some officials who may push for his expulsion from the House of Representatives.
“It's not that I am ready or I am considering. It's that I am powerless over these people, 'di ba? Sino naman si Arnie para lumaban kay Speaker at sa Chairman dyan,” he said in an interview with CNN Philippines.
“Kung ibang klaseng away, labanan ko 'yan e. Pero kung away na sila-sila lang ang gumagawa ng batas o ng rules of the game, paano ako lalaban?” Teves said.recommended stiffer disciplinary action against TevesHouse ethics panel vice chairperson Raul Bongalon said stiffer sanctions would include expulsion and any other penalty that the committee may determine.
He also expressed alarm over the presence of Commission on Elections chairperson George Garcia during a House hearing. Teves, who was tagged as the alleged mastermind in the March 4 assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, said the threat to his life is getting worse.
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