“It is clearly political harassment, political pressure,” he stressed after he was cited in contempt by the House’s quad committee and ordered detained at the chamber’s detention facility until 9 p.m. Friday.
The panel found him lying about the reason he did not appear at the committee’s hearing, as he insisted he was at the Manila Regional Trial Court on Aug. 16.
The RTC, through a certification dated Aug. 19, said Roque “did not appear on Aug. 16 before any of these branches as counsel, nor does he have any pending case(s) therein.”
The panel secured the certification from Jennifer dela Cruz-Buendia, clerk of court and ex-officio sheriff of the Manila RTC.
But Roque said there was “no actual lying” on his part.
“As I said, my non-appearance last Aug. 16 was an honest mistake… Neither was there disrespect. I have appeared in three out of four invitations,” he noted.
In a Zoom briefing, quad committee chairman Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers maintained the decision to cite Roque in contempt was “unanimous,” saying the committee saw “what he has done.”
This story is from the August 24, 2024 edition of The Philippine Star.
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