CAMARINES SUR 2nd District Rep. Luis Raymond F. Villafuerte, Jr. has voluntarily submitted himself to the 90-day suspension order of the Sandiganbayan. “While I firmly believe that only the House of Representatives has the authority to discipline its members, I would like to inform your good office that I am nonetheless voluntarily submitting to the said preventive suspension,” Mr. Villafuerte said in a letter to Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo dated Feb. 11. He, however, clarified that his submission is not an admission of guilt. The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division ordered the preventive suspension of Mr. Villafuerte in a resolution dated Jan. 30 in connection with alleged irregularities during his reign as Camarines Sur governor. The suspension is in effect Feb. 11 to May 12. — Charmaine A. Tadalan

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