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Paige Javier

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<p>MANILA -- The House Quad Committee has lifted the contempt order on former Mexico, Pampanga mayor Teddy Tumang. </p><p>Earlier in Wednesday&#x27;s hearing, panel co-chairperson Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano moved to cite Tumang in contempt for supposedly &quot;lying&quot; when questioned about his knowledge on incorporators of a company that owns a warehouse in municipality.</p><p>The said warehouse was where P3.6 billion worth of illegal drugs were seized in September 2023.</p><p>Shortly after he was cited in contempt, Tumang asked to be excused because he was not feeling well. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/27/ordered-detained-pampanga-town-mayor-falls-ill-exits-house-quad-comm-probe-early-1459">READ: Ordered detained, ex-Pampanga town mayor falls ill, exits House quad comm probe early</a></div><p>At past 11 in the evening, Paduano informed the body he received a copy of Tumang&#x27;s motion for reconsideration on his contempt order.</p><p>&quot;I express my most profound apologies for any conduct that may have been perceived by this honorable committee to be non-cooperative and disrespectful. I firmly commit once again to help this honorable committee in all hearings, proceedings and investigations,&quot; part of the motion read, according to Paduano. </p><p>&quot;With that I humbly beg the compassion and indulgence of this committee to lift the order of contempt for I have not willfully and intentionally refused to answer the honorable committee. I am respectfully asking the honorable committee to reconsider the order of contempt for humanitarian and medical reasons,&quot; he added.</p><p>Tumang also said he has diabetes and his blood pressure was &quot;not good&quot; when it was checked by the medical team of the House.</p><p>&quot;Conditional po ang lifting natin. In the next hearing, mister Tumang should be present. And at the same time, he will answer truthfully all the questions that will be raised by the members of this committee,&quot; Paduano clarified.</p><p>Tumang left the House before 12 midnight, seemingly in better condition.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1861823166005518641&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring&amp;sessionId=6a8f3507b28b436a4158422e1fe5069ad5459294&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:822px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1861823166005518641"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;Okay naman. Siyempre of course, wala na tayong stress. Kanina stressed na stressed,&quot; he told reporters when asked how he felt after the lifting of the contempt order.</p><p>Tumang reiterated that it was not intention to not answer when he was being asked by lawmakers.</p><p>&quot;Baka hindi lang kami parehas ng interpretation… Kung paano i-interpret yung kanilang ano. Wala naman akong ano… &#x27;Di naman ako nagsisinungaling. Nayos naman,&quot; he added.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2L-b9IUZeKA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div></div>

<p>The House Quad Committee has lifted the contempt order on former Mexico, Pampanga mayor Teddy Tumang. </p>

The House Quad Committee has lifted the contempt order on former Mexico, Pampanga mayor Teddy Tumang.

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House Quad Comm lifts contempt order on former Mexico, Pampanga mayor

Paige Javier,

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Published Nov 28, 2024 01:42 AM PHT

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