House set to expel Ecleo over graft
By Gerry Baldo 02/11/2011The House of Representatives is set to expel Dinagat Rep. Ruben Ecleo for three counts of graft.
House Majority Leader and Muntinlupa City Rep. Neptali Gonzales II said that Ecleo will have to follow the court ordering him to serve time for 18 to 30 years.
Gonzales said only lawmakers facing a sentence below six years of imprisonment can invoke parliamentary immunity.
“You cannot arrest a member facing maximum of six years imprisonment while Congress is in session. Perhaps after the session, they can arrest him or while Congress is in sine die,” Gonzales said.
The anti-graft Sandiganbayan last Wednesday issued warrant of arrest against Ecleo after the Supreme Court (SC) junked the accused’s appeal on three graft convictions which was decided by the anti-graft court in 2006..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110211nat1.html
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