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Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has submitted a “wish list” to Speaker Martin Romualdez which, if granted, would allow him to “return to the country immediately,” his legal counsel said yesterday.He said the items deal mostly with security concerns as Teves maintained there is a “grave threat” to his life once he comes home.
“Between landing and the proceedings, a lot will happen. That’s what we’re trying to negotiate,” Topacio saidTeves flew to the United States on Feb. 28 for medical treatment, but his travel authority issued by the House expired on March 9.House Secretary General Reginald Velasco said the wife of the assassinated Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo submitted a letter-request to the House of Representatives asking for Teves’ expulsion.
Velasco declined to provide the media with a copy of Degamo’s letter but said it could be eventually referred to the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges which recommended slapping Teves with a 60-day suspension by an overwhelming 292 votes with zero abstention. However, Velasco said the House still has to decide on what to do with the lawmaker’s office and his office budget and office staff, noting the unprecedented nature of the lawmaker’s suspension.“He is saying there is a threat to his life. On our part, the best intelligence we have is that we don’t know of any threat. Where will the threat come from?” Mr. Marcos told reporters covering the 126th founding anniversary of the Philippine Army in Taguig.
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