The House of Representatives has ordered the release of Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez of the Office of the Vice President, who was confined at a medical center following a decision to remove her from a detention facility. Lopez was detained for her alleged 'undue interference' in an investigation into confidential funds.
The House of Representatives on Saturday ordered the release of Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez of the Office of the Vice President.Lopez has been confined at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center since November 23 after she fell ill following the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability's decision to remove her from the House detention facility in the middle of the night.The detention was supposed to expire on November 25, but the House extended it until November 30.
Lopez was ordered detained after she was cited in contempt for her supposed "undue interference" in the panel’s investigation into the confidential funds of the offices held by Vice President Sara Duterte.Lopez earlier told a congressional hearing that she had no knowledge of how the OVP utilizes its confidential funds, saying her role in the OVP is only to oversee the institutionalization and implementation of all the socioeconomic projects of the office.
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