BALANGA CITY — A congressman representing Partylist Pusong Pinoy on Friday, July 28, said that there are proper government agencies that will decide on the guilt or innocence of Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves.
Rep. Jet V. Nisay said some people were asking him and other members of the House ethics committee on what charges to file against Teves and their reply was: “There is a right agency that takes care of that.”
Nisay, representing the first and only partylist in Bataan, is a member of the House Ethics Committee and Privileges.
“Sa case ni Congressman Teves, doon lamang kami sa house rule ng ethics regarding lang sa nag-lapse niyang travel order. So, invite lamang namin ang DOJ, NBI, at DFA para malaman lang kung ano ang update dahil hindi namin alam kung nasaan si congressman,” he said.
On two police colonels, both former Bataan police directors, whose courtesy resignations were accepted by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Nisay said the two officers worked hard during the pandemic and Bataan was given a drug-free award.
“Bago natin talagang maakusahan ang dalawang masipag at magaling na PD natin, siguro tingnan muna ang nagawa nila. Baka makonsider naman ang mga trabaho at mga sakripisyo na itinulong nila sa ating probinsiya,” he said.
The two police officials are Col. Joel Tampis and Col. Romell Velasco who are among 18 senior police officials whose resignations were accepted by the President.
Velasco was Bataan PD from Jan. 8, 2022 to March 2023 while Tampis assumed the PD position in 2020. Both officers were recipients of various awards.
“Bilang opinyon ko lang, kinakailangang makita ang mga hirap at sakripisyo na nagawa ng ating masisipag na PD na talagang nagtrabaho sa kabutihan ng Bataan,” Nisay added.
Nisay met with local reporters and presidents of barangay chairmen from 11 towns and one city and discussed what the partylist has done in its first year of service.
He enumerated his accomplishments in health promotion, medical assistance, agriculture and food security, poverty alleviation, livelihood assistance, youth and sports empowerment, multi-sectoral support, aid to indigents, education, good governance and infrastructure development.
