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Houseof Rcparcntdive
Speeker, Rep. Pantale-
on 'Bcbot' Alvarez, to
r€grin his fumer poci-
-tirncuddcnty hac be-
omerougherandtough"
er aft er his f ormer 6ecud-
ty aide accused him of
committing 'plundef
even ixr a Quezon City
prosecutor found meiit
in a libel case filed
egainst him-
In a l2-page com-
plaint filed by feffrey
Lopez Cabigon before the
officeof theOmbudsman
in Mindanao last Mon-
-while Jubahib isnow run- nio'Tony Boy' Floirendo
ComdalniltCillgion
day, May6, Alvarez and
his erstwhile chief of staff
in Congress, Edwin Juba-
hib, were accused of vio-
lating Republic Act (RA)
7080 (Plunder Law) and
able offmse and is pre- al of the libel complaint
surned to have been cocr- filedagainsthim.
mitbdbyanypublicoffi- In a 6page resolution
cial if the aggregate dabdApril26,2019,Gru-
amount of accumulated tas said the "defenses"
'illgottenwealth" b morc raised by Alvarez in refu t-
thanFTs million- ing the libel comphintcan
' Alvarez is again run- be "best ventilated during
ning !o represent the first the trial proper."
districtof Davao del Nortre DavaodelNorteAnto'
ning for govemor of the Jr. filed the case against
prcvince. Alvarez last year afiier he
A copy of the com- accused Floirendo and his
plaint executed before familyof being "land graF
Prosecubr RizalynGonza- bers" during a press con-
les in Davao City, was ft rence in Congress in May
fumishd thiswriter. 2018.

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