House panel adds 5 days to OVP chief-of-staff's detention penalty

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The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has extended the detention order on Zulieka Lopez, chief-of-staff of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), for another five days. (Courtesy of House of Representatives)   READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/11/25/house-panel-adds-5-days-to-ovp-chief-of-staff-s-detention   Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin   Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin  Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin   #ManilaBulletinOnline  #ManilaBulletin  #LatestNews

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00:00Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. As I've said,

00:04in the stories that we've seen,

00:08in the statement of VP Sara,

00:12and in the statement of COS, of OVP,

00:16we realized here, clearly, in their story,

00:20the real events. Of course,

00:24it was proven by the interpellation

00:28of Representative Swan Sing and

00:32of Congressman Cohen. So, Mr. Chair,

00:36in our last session,

00:40just to review, the committee

00:44passed my motion to hold Attorney Lopez incontent

00:48under Section 11F of the Rules of Inquiries in Aid of

00:52Legislation for undue interference in our

00:56proceedings, and resolved to detain her for a period of

01:00five days instead of ten days, or maximum of ten days,

01:04as provided for in our Section 12

01:08of the same rule. I must stress also, Mr. Chair,

01:12that the totality, as you have said a while ago,

01:16the totality of Attorney Lopez's acts and conduct

01:20warranted a detention of more than five days.

01:24Considering the totality of her acts of

01:28undue interference to the proceedings of this committee

01:32and the Congress as a whole,

01:36she not only admitted writing to the COA

01:40in order to suppress or prevent the release of

01:44documents, but worse, Mr. Chair, she continued

01:48to assert her position during our hearing,

01:52as well as in prior correspondences that she

01:56sent to his committee in refusing to attend

02:00our prior hearings.

02:04But by virtue of her conduct, the committee was deprived

02:08of invaluable information necessary to allow it

02:12to perform its role of crafting

02:16legislation for the improvement of the country's system

02:20of governance and transparency, Mr. Chair. In fact, she only

02:24attended when a threat of contempt citation would

02:28large should she fail to comply

02:32again with the subpoena du ses tecum, Mr. Chair.

02:36Mr. Chair,

02:40in view of the

02:44what happened during the last two days

02:48or so, I would like to consider

02:52to move for a reconsideration of our resolution

02:56insofar as it's limited the period of detention for

03:00only five days. I move, Mr. Chair, that the period of

03:04detention of Attorney Lopez

03:08be ten days instead of five days. So I move,

03:12Mr. Chair.

03:16I move, Mr. Chair, that the period of detention of

03:20Attorney Lopez be ten days instead of five days. So I move,

03:24Mr. Chair, that the period of detention of Attorney Lopez

03:28be ten days instead of five days. So I move, Mr. Chair, that the period of detention of Attorney Lopez

03:32be ten days instead of five days. So I move, Mr. Chair, that the period of detention of Attorney Lopez

03:36be ten days instead of five days. So I move, Mr. Chair, that the period of detention of Attorney Lopez

03:40be ten days instead of five days. So I move, Mr. Chair, that the period of detention of Attorney Lopez

03:44be ten days instead of five days. So I move, Mr. Chair that the period of detention

03:48of Attorney Lopez be ten days instead of five days.

03:52So I move, Mr. Chair, as the

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