Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. is ready to return to the Philippines and face allegations that he was behind the brazen killing of Gov. Roel Degamo. | BPinlacINQ
Atty. Toby Diokno, who was also in the press conference and introduced as Teves’s childhood friend, echoed Topacio’s statement reiterating that the beleaguered lawmaker wants to come home to the Philippines to answer the mounting accusations against him.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez urged Teves to return to the Philippines to respond to the allegations, noting that the Negros Oriental representative’s authority to travel to the United States was only valid from February 28 to March 9.Romualdez also called for a House probe into the “highly suspicious” absence of five of the six police escorts of DegamoTopacio said they welcome the chamber’s inquiry if there is a commitment that it would be “impartial.
“I think the proper person to be asked would be from the governor’s side. We have no hand in his security detail. We are also questioning that kung bakit biglang nawala . They’re supposed to be with either the PNP or the military, so bakit nawala ? It’s also a big question for us,” he said.‘For Speaker’s ears only’Topacio also revealed that he had reached out to Romualdez to relay matters from Teves which are “for his ears only.
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