House panel invites Alvarez to answer ethics complaint
House panel invites Alvarez to answer ethics complaint
MANILA, Philippines: The House of Representatives’ Committee on Ethics and Privileges has asked Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez to answer a complaint filed against him.
Ako Bicol Rep. Raul Angelo Bongalon, a member of the committee, said in a press conference on Monday that the complaint included Alvarez’s call last month for the armed forces to withdraw support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and hs alleged habitual absences in Congress.
Bongalon said that “as found out by the
committee, the complaint filed by [Tagum Mayor] Rey Uy is sufficient in form and in content and that is why the committee decided to send a notice to the office of Congressman Alvarez for him to answer these allegations within 10 days from receipt.”
The notice was sent to Alvarez’s office “through registered mail last Friday and also via electronic copy through the registered and official e-mail address of Congressman Alvarez as well as his chief of staff”, Bongalon said.
Bongalon said the committee on May 2 decided that a committee hearing would be held after the 10-day period lapses.