ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Jeffrey Celiz, who was erroneously identified by President Rodrigo Duterte as a “congressman, partylist, Panay chapter,” has never been a legislator. He was earlier dragged into a controversy after an alleged log book of a gun club firing range in Iloilo City showed his name along with other suspected drug personalities. ADVERTISEMENT“It is very obvious that the information being fed to the President is unverified and short of being a rumor-mongering style,” Celiz said in a statement. Celiz said he ceased to hold any position at city hall starting February this year. He was former chairman and spokesperson of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan in Panay before he left the militant group several years ago and served Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog as his political consultant, spokesperson and executive assistant.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 07, 2016 07:52 UTC