By Lilybeth G. Ison
In view of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee report on the chopper controversy, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Thursday said the House of Representatives is leaving it up to the proper body to decide on the fate of Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo in connection with his involvement on the helicopter sale controversy to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
"If they (Senate Blue Ribbon) have the evidence, they can include them in the case... Here in the House, what is important is what did you do (in) this Congress and not what you did in the last years," said Belmonte in a news conference.
Senators Teofisto Guingona, Koko Pimentel, and Panfilo Lacson earlier filed a complaint against former First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo and some Philippine National Police (PNP) officials before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly conspiring when second-hand helicopters were sold as brand new to the PNP in 2009.
In a three-page letter to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, the senators referred for preliminary investigation the findings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
Guingona, who chairs the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, also asked the Ombudsman to investigate Mike Arroyo's brother Iggy Arroyo for criminal liability for allegedly covering up the former First Gentleman in the chopper controversy.
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