The widow of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo moved to put more pressure on Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., a day after the House of Representatives voted to suspend him for failure to return to the country. CDNDigital READ MORE:
suspend him for failure to return to the country despite the chamber’s ultimatum amid allegations linking him to his political rival’s killing.
Janice, who issued a statement in a four-minute video posted on Facebook, did not name “the accused” but was apparently referring to the suspected gunmen tagged in the March 4 attack on her husband that left eight other people dead. Janice apparently alluded to him in her own video, saying: “There are those claiming that they, too, are the victims here. I was really shocked by this. How can these people become victims when they have been the cause of so many deaths even before the murder of Governor Degamo.”
“Rep. Teves himself and also his lawyer admitted that he operated e-sabong before and also operated the [STL] in his province, and those are prohibited transactions under the Constitution and that is our principal reason to seek his expulsion from the House of Representatives,” the lawyer said.Intent on staying outside the country, Teves said only a direct communication with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would convince him to come home.
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