She said most of the detainees need constant medical attention due to age and pre-existing medical conditions like diabetes and hypertension. “Since the Ilocos Six are also my constituents, I am making this appeal to the House leadership to release them for humanitarian reasons,” Marcos said. She added that releasing the provincial employees would avoid a legal confrontation as the House has so far rebuffed three attempts by the Court of Appeals to serve its June 9 release order. The employees were cited in contempt upon motion by House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, the representative of the province’s 1st district. The House’s inquiry stemmed from the alleged misuse of P66.45-million of the tax proceeds to purchase various vehicles for the provincial government.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 18, 2017 09:56 UTC