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BY GLENN VIDAL BEUP
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Friday, May 19, 2017
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ROXAS City – A Sangguniang Panlalawigan member in Capiz filed a complaint before the ethics and public accountability committee against a colleague for flashing him the “dirty finger” during an executive session.
What Eleuper Martinez did was “unparliamentary and ungentlemanly” and “uncalled for, especially coming from a member of this august body,” Jonathan Besa said.
Martinez “did not only succeed in disturbing our executive session on May 10 but also impair[ed] the respect due to the august body,” Besa added.
Besa filed the complaint after delivering a privilege speech on Wednesday.
He also said Martinez “violated RA (Republic Act) 6713, or the Code of Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, and [the] Revised Internal Rules of Procedure.”
According to Besa, Martinez was interviewed over the radio two weeks ago saying he felt vindicated by the rejection of the appointment of Gina Lopez as Environment secretary.
This prompted him to give a reaction through a privilege speech, but his colleagues urged him not to pursue his plan, Besa said.
Meanwhile Martinez argued that he was “not guilty” of violating any internal rules since executive sessions were not regular sessions.
“While I was talking, Besa kept butting in and one time pointed his finger at me,” Martinez told this reporter. “Napuno na gid ako, [so] I also pointed my middle finger at him.”
Martinez said he will also file a complaint against Besa before the ethics committee.
“If I posted on my FB (Facebook) account that I was vindicated [by] the rejection of the appointment of Gina Lopez, it was my personal opinion posted on my personal account,” said Martinez. He also posted on Facebook what he said over the radio.
Martinez was one of the Board members who supported the lifting of the 50-year moratorium on mining in Capiz.
Besa and two other Board members were against the lifting.
Besa was also voted out from the environment committee when it was reconstituted in September last year.
Provincial Board members who voted for the lifting of the mining moratorium allegedly received a P1-million bribe money each from Teresa Marble Corp. — an allegation they strongly denied.
“The rejection of Gina Lopez … as [Environment] secretary has nothing to do with the mining issue in the province, much more on the lifting of the 50-year mining moratorium,” Besa told this reporter.
“I decided to refer this to the committee on ethics (and public accountability) so that an appropriate disciplinary action or sanction will be imposed against him (Martinez),” said Besa. “His gesture was a disrespect to a fellow member of the Board.”/PN
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