As a member of Congress, my voice is limited,” Roque said. Asked about the pending incidents against Roque, Salo said the party-list group’s board of trustees “shall discuss these” with its lawyers when he returns to the country on the first week of November. His appointment as presidential spokesperson “releases him from the challenge of masquerading as a minority leader,” Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr. said. “As a self-proclaimed human rights advocate, I wish him luck in defending the horrendous human rights record of this administration,” Baguilat told reporters in a chat message. Roque, who endorsed the impeachment complaint against recently resigned Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista, “failed to criticize Duterte’s predisposition to authoritarian rule,” Lagman said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 28, 2017 11:37 UTC