2 SP committees take SK prexy's plaint vs Tupas bros, top cop
At least two committees of the 9th Iloilo Sanggunian Panlalawigan (SP) officially took over the complaints raised by Guisseppe Karl Gumban, federation president of the Iloilo Sanggunian Kabataan (SK).
With main subjects of his ire, 'power' brothers Fifth District Congressman Niel Tupas Jr. and Barotac Viejo Mayor Raul Tupas and Iloilo's top cop, Senior Superintendent Ricardo Dela Paz, the SP is out to study, report and submit a recommendation in the coming weeks.
Gumban, the latest SP addition as 9th SP ex-officio board member, lambasted the Tupas brothers and Senior Superintendent Dela Paz for what he said was "swift injustice" committed by the trio against an uncle-cop.
SP Secretary Lorenzo Tubola in an indorsement referred the matter to the Committee on Public Order and Safety as lead committee alongside the Committee on Justice, Good Government and Human Rights.
First District Board Member Richard Garin is Public Order and Safety chairman while Vice Governor Rolex Suplico is chair of the Committee on Good Government and Human Rights.
Up for "study, report and recommendation" were appeal of Board Member Gumban for investigation on what he said was "blatant blackmail of the right to vote of one of our youth leaders."
Such after an incident which he disclosed was purportedly committed by the trio during the SK federation polls.
Further still, Gumban also called for SP support to "condemn this coercion in the strongest possible terms." And while at it, another request for the Philippine National Police (PNP) to return his uncle-cop PO3 Rodolfo Gumban back to his original detail in the San Rafael Municipal Police Station.
As alleged, PO3 Gumban was transferred to Miag-ao, Iloilo "concocted in total disregard of PNP protocols and at the very least, made mockery of pertinent laws of the land….."
In summing up his 'demands,' Gumbam also would want Senior Supt. Dela Paz to be declared "persona non grata."
"I am disgusted by this turn of events. In my young mind, this is plain and simple blackmail!The Tupas family has tried to coerce my cousin's family into voting for my opponent," excerpts of Gumban's fiery privilege speech went.