House Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez yesterday admitted maintaining romance with another woman not his wife and dared foes to seek his disbarment as a lawyer.
Alvarez said the issue affecting his personal relationship is apparently being used by the camp of Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio “Tonyboy” Floirendo Jr. to muddle the issues he raised against the Floirendo-owned firms that allegedly bagged one-sided contracts with the government through dubious schemes.
In a phone patch interview with House reporters, Alvarez disclosed that he and his wife, Emelita Apostol Alvarez, are now estranged and have not been talking to each other for a long time now.
“Kung meron sila nakikitang ethical issues, papa-disbar ako for having a girlfriend eh di go on. Mag-file sila ng complaint, baka wala nang matirang abogado,” stated Alvarez.
Alvarez has never made attempts to hide his romance with another woman that he had admitted it in several media interviews.
When asked about the alleged romance, Alvarez dismissed the report as “parlor talk” but later yielded when bombarded with nearly the same questions during the phone patch interview. “Sino ba ang walang girlfriend?” he said although he refused to divulge how long the said relationship has been.
The woman has been identified as Jennifer Maliwanag Vicencio by Floirendo’s live-in partner businesswoman Cathy Binag.
Reports have indicated that the spat between Alvarez and Floirendo was triggered by a feud between Vicencio and Binag.
Alvarez said the controversy affecting the two ladies should be separated from his filing of graft charges against Floirendo.
He said the anomalies surrounding the joint venture contract between the Tagum Agricultural Development Corp. and the Bureau of Corrections should not be clouded by the catfight.
Alvarez said Floirendo has been hiding behind the issue of the two ladies when all that he has to do is to answer the accusations against him. The House Speaker even dared Floirendo to face him on national television to answer the charges.
“If you want to talk about that issue, that would be on a separate venue, separate time,” he said. (Ben R. Rosario)
kawawa naman yung babaee nagamit sa pansariling interest ni floirendo,. panapal sa coruption isyu
GF = babaeng kaibigan lang naman pala anong isyu dyan
alam na ng mga tao ang ganitong usapin kaya hindi na nasisindak mga tao dito dahil wala naman itong katuturan
nasanay na ang tao sa kapapanood ng pelikula tungkol sa mga kabit kabit kaya alam na nila ang kalallabasan ng palabas na ito walang patutunguhan si alvarez pa rin ang magwawagi
hanap ka nalang ng mas epektibong paraan florendo stye mo bulok di ka na makaktakas sa graft cases mo
naku naman floirendo hanap ka nalang ng magiging katpat mo kasi si alvarez tlagang matapang at walang inuurungan!
ano ba naman yan floirendo kung ako saiyo itigil mo na yan na mga pingagawa mo na wala namn na kabuluhan!
ano ba naman yna floirendo mahiya ka naman sa mga tao sa mga pinaggagawa mo na hindi naman makatarungan!
Hindi yan ang tunay na issue dito. ang issue dito ay ang hindi pagbayad ng tama ni floirendo at ang pagiging myembro nya sa isang pribadong kompanya habang siya ay nanunungkulan sa gobyerno
So, ano naman? Kasalanan ba ni Alvarez na habulin sya ng mga babae?
hoy floirendo ano ba naman yan manahimik ka nalang dahil hindi mo naman matitinag si alvarez!
Atleast si Alvarez ay nagsasabi ng totoo. Importante kasi sa isang public servant dapat honest. Kaya bilib din ako dito kay alvarez!
naku naman kasi babae lang?oh common floirendo wag ganun!..mas malala ka kung iisipin dahil isa kang magnanakaw ng kaban ng bayan!
floirendo nkakatawa ka alam mo ba yun?wag mo ipasa kay alvarez ang mga gingawa mo!!
ano nman yan floirendo kaloka ka nman mag stick ka lang sa isyu wag yong kahit ano ang pinag sasabi mo.
ano man ang sabihin mo floirendo hindi nman papatulan masama ka rin na tao.
tumahimik ka na lang floirendo at hindi nman yan makaka tulong sa kaso mo
korek ka dyan! mas mapapa hiya lamang sya kasi gawain din nya rin yan
sa dami ng dapat pag tuunan ng pansin naisingit pa talaga ito.
ginagawa lang nila yan para pagtakpan ang ksalanan ng iba.
tumigil ka na lang floirendo at hindi rin yan papansinin ang sinasabi mo
hindi naman babae ang issue dito kundi ang pagnanakaw ni floirendo sa kaban ng bayan.
ganyan ang ginawa ng mga bayaran para hindi mabaling sa amo nila ang issue.
mahiya ka nman sa babae floirendo
iba din pala ang likot ng kamay ni floirendo,nkagawa ng pagnakaw sa kaban ng bayan.Tapos idadamay pati pamilya ni speaker alvarez.
dinadamay mo pa ang mga babae floirendo,ganyan kna ba talaga kadisperado?
Ipinagyayabang pa! Kung sabagay, wala naman syang ibang maiyabang eh. Pero kawawa naman, kung hindi lang dahil sa pera nya nobody can stomach this flabby wrinkled disgusting crook that even his daughters seems embarrassed by him. Kawawa din tax payers because this blabber is abusing the powers of his office and tax payers money on a wild goose chase just so he can make papogi to his kabit.