Leviste ready for the worst, vows to release videosRep. Leandro Leviste (Batangas, 1st District) holds a press conference on Monday, Aug. 26, 2025 after filing criminal cases against the district engineer who attempted to bribe him. Leviste confirmed he was granted travel authority by Speaker Faustino Dy III for his foreign trips. Leviste, 32, said he will not waver, however, no matter what the cost – political or personal. Following investigations into his reported undelivered solar power commitments, Leviste – whose mother is an ally of President Marcos – earlier described the nearly four-year-old administration as a virtual authoritarian government. Despite being a neophyte, Leviste complained that bills are passed in the House without any debate at all, while hundreds of billions of pesos in the yearly budget go to questionable infrastructure projects, which include troll farms that spread fake news like wildfire.

Source: Philippine Star February 05, 2026 16:44 UTC