Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo, widow of slain Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, said on Sunday she had appealed to Congress to have Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. dismissed as a member of the House of Representatives.
Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, Mayor Degamo also backed the call of some legislators for Teves to return to the Philippines to defend himself, particularly on allegations linking him to the killing of the governor.
“Sana suportahan din ng Kongreso 'yung amin talagang nire-request na he be expelled from the Congress,” she added.on the late Governor Degamo, who was killed at his residence in Pamplona town on March 4. The attack also left eight other people dead.of Degamo amid allegations that the incident was politically motivated. The Teveses are political rivals of the Degamo family.
She refuted rumors that the police officers were given an order not to go to work. The mayor also said she had no hard feelings for the policemen.
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