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Senate panel issues subpoena vs. Quiboloy over alleged abuses
The panel is yet to schedule the next hearing but the lawmaker assured that it will be fair to Quiboloy.
(File photo: KING RODRIGUEZ/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
MANILA – The Senate’s Office of Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) is now set to serve the subpoena issued by the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) Leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
With this, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros, who chairs the panel, is expecting that Quiboloy will appear to the third public inquiry on the alleged abuses happening within the KOJC.
“Ang subpoena, it’s stronger than an invitation. Kailangan sundin niya, i-heed niya yung subpoena (A subpoena is stronger than an invitation. He should heed the subpoena),” Hontiveros told reporters Monday.
The subpoena was signed by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri.
The panel is yet to schedule the next hearing but the lawmaker assured that it will be fair to Quiboloy.
Before suspending the second hearing, Hontiveros announced that she would also invite more resource persons mentioned by witnesses.
“We expect you, especially Quiboloy, to respect that subpoena and finally show up to our Senate investigation,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Quiboloy remains in the country.
This is after Hontiveros said she had received information that the KOJC leader had left the Philippines.
“As per the record, he is in the country. (His) last recorded arrival is July,” BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said in a message. (with Ferdinand Patinio/PNA)
