Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. on Thursday slammed the House panel on ethics for insisting on his physical presence in its May 29 hearing on the congressman’s supposed absenteeism at the House of Representatives. | jiandradeINQ /PDI
“By May 23, I should already be and am a regular member of Congress without any penalty… But I was deemed absent,” Teves said, pointing out that he joined Wednesday’s hearing of the committee on nuclear energy via video teleconference and even voted for the approval of a measure on Tuesday.
He said that while the reason for his 60-day suspension was disorderly conduct based on his 13-day unauthorized leave of the House, there were congressmen who had done worse.
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