
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 14) — Pamplona town Mayor Janice Degamo has asked the Senate to reconsider its decision to allow suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. to virtually attend the probe into the killing of public officials — including the assassination of her husband, Gov. Roel Degamo.
\”Allowing some participants to attend through Zoom/teleconferencing undermines the value and importance of our presence in the hearing, and it is unfair to those who will be attending personally. Cong. Teves is a fugitive. He should not be afforded such an accommodation,\” the mayor said in an open letter to Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa published on her Facebook page.
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\”I, along with the previous victims of killings, land grabbing, harassment, and more, will be attending the hearing personally, sacrificing our time, effort, money, and security just to ensure that our voices are heard, and our concerns are addressed,\” Degamo wrote as she expressed dismay that Teves was allowed to attend remotely.
\”We believe that all participants in the hearing should be treated equally and given the same opportunity to attend personally, regardless of their position or status,\” she added.
The Department of Justice earlier named Teves as one of the main masterminds and “executive producer” of the governor’s assassination.
The congressman has been out of the country since Feb. 28, a few days before the March 4 killing, and has been suspended from his post due to his continued absence.















