Lalo lamang pinatitibay ni Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste ang posibleng ethics complaint laban sa kanya dahil sa mga kamakailang aksyon, ayon kay \u00a0Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon,<\/p>\n
Inihayag ni Ridon ang seryosong pagkabahala kasunod ng umano\u2019y \u201cransacking\u201d ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Batangas 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) na isinagawa ni Leviste at ng kanyang grupo noong Agosto 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis incident should serve as further basis for full House ethics proceedings against Rep. Leviste,\u201d ayon kay Ridon, chairman ng Committee on Public Accounts, sa kanyang pahayag noong Miyerkules, Disyembre 31.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe DPWH leadership should submit a full report on the incident\u2014who participated, what documents were accessed or copied, what authority was invoked, and what instructions were given to DPWH personnel by Rep. Leviste and his team,\u201d dagdag pa ng kongresista-abogado.<\/p>\n
Napaulat noong Lunes na sapilitang kinuha at kinopya ni Leviste ang mga dokumento sa budget ng DPWH mula sa opisina ni noo\u2019y undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral noong Setyembre 4. Si Cabral ay iniulat na nagpakamatay noong Disyembre 18.<\/p>\n
Nauna nang sinabi ni Ridon na sapat na ang insidenteng iyon para magsampa ng kaso laban kay Leviste sa Committee on Ethics and Privileges.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fight for truth and accountability cannot dispense with due process and the rule of law. What Rep. Leviste and his team allegedly undertook at the Batangas 1st DEO was an unlawful search operation\u2014conducted without official authority and without a search warrant,\u201d ani Ridon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was an abuse of official power over the staff of the DPWH Batangas 1st DEO. This is not a small matter that the House of Representatives should allow to pass unnoticed,\u201d dagdag pa niya.<\/p>\n
Ayon kay Ridon, ang dalawang insidente ay nagpapakita ng nakababahalang pattern mula sa Batangue\u00f1o.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis incident, viewed alongside the allegations of the unauthorized taking of DPWH documents from the late DPWH Undersecretary Catalina Cabral, presents a pattern of abuse of official power by Rep. Leviste,\u201d aniya.<\/p>\n
\u201cHouse members should be held to a higher standard in the exercise of our official functions. We cannot exercise our powers in excess of our mandate and authority, and beyond the limits of due process. This incident provides full justification for House ethics proceedings against Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste,\u201d muling iginiit ni Ridon.\u00a0(ROSE NOVENARIO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lalo lamang pinatitibay ni Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste ang posibleng ethics complaint laban sa kanya dahil sa mga kamakailang aksyon, ayon kay \u00a0Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon, Inihayag ni Ridon ang seryosong pagkabahala kasunod ng umano\u2019y \u201cransacking\u201d ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Batangas 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politika"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t